Re: Bug#534338: OpenSSL bindings for Perl -- licensing questions
On Wed, 2012-27-06 at 23:13 +0200, Kai Storbeck wrote:
> I'm a bit perplexed that the module authors have anything to do with
> this as long as they are clearly stating their code is released under
> the artistic license.
This is my position, stated somewhat more clearly. The particular
license of the module does not matter as long as it follows DFSG.
> Should Debian concern itself (too much) with the authority of such a
> claim? Is it debians task to mediate between all open source forges
> around the world and their claims for licensing?
In this case, Debian could ask for a clarification from or a suitable
agreement (as Apple has done) with OpenSSL.
The problem for Debian is that Debian is not just distributing the
source code from CPAN and OpenSSL has a weird clause (#5) in their
license.
>
> Apologies if this is in the debian policy.
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