[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Bacula: GPL and OpenSSL



On Thursday 07 June 2007 23:51, John Goerzen wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 12:17:28PM -0700, Walter Landry wrote:
> > GnuTLS + libgcrypt + libtasn1 implements everything unless you need
> > ECC.
> > 
> > > And why does FSFE disagree with our interpretation?
> > 
> > Michael Poole gave a good answer.
> 
> He didn't address the FSFE -- where are they taking a different analysis
> than us on this?
> 
> Kern, is it possible to remove the OpenSSL exception from the license of 
only
> those third-party sources, and keep it in the master license?

The problem is that those third-party sources are linked into the Bacula 
binaries, and since they are licensed as GPL with no modifications, I cannot 
include them in a binary that has code that is licensed in a way that is 
incompatible with the GPL.  Adding the OpenSSL exception to my license makes 
my code incompatible with the non-modified GPL, and hence I was violating the 
license on those 3rd party files (copyrighted by FSF, ATT, Sun, and a few 
others ...). 



Reply to: