Re: EUPL (v1.2) and OpenSSL
Hi,
I just stumbled across the OpenSSL announcement [0, 1] that OpenSSL 3.0
(the successor of version 1.1.1) will be released under the Apache v2.0
licence. At the latest with the advent of this release, the line of
argument described below will not hold anymore.
Peter
[0] https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html
[1]
https://www.coreinfrastructure.org/announcements/openssl-re-licensing-to-apache-license-v-2-0-to-encourage-broader-use-with-other-foss-projects-and-products
On 26.02.19 20:58, Peter Wienemann wrote:
> Dear licence experts,
>
> I wonder whether using OpenSSL together with EUPL (v1.2) licenced
> software suffers from the same problems as the combination OpenSSL and
> GPL? Checking [0] for the root cause of the incompatibility between the
> OpenSSL licence and the GPL and comparing the last paragraph in section
> 10 of the GPL (v3) [1] with the "Copyleft clause" paragraph in section 5
> of the EUPL (v1.2) [2], I tend to believe that EUPL (v1.2) and the
> OpenSSL licence are also incompatible. Do others share this view or do I
> miss something?
>
> Peter
>
> [0] https://people.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
> [2]
> https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/inline-files/EUPL%20v1_2%20EN(1).txt
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