hi again,
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 10:50:05AM +0200, Michael Ablassmeier wrote:
> > However (and this a more important fact that I overlooked), in the case of
> > openssl it would be illegal to link a GPL program with it, since the OpenSSL
> > developers added an advertising clausse that makes it incompatible. A
> > Build-Conflicts should be present in order to avoid this from happening.
> > Alternatively, you could link it with GnuTLS compat layer to see how it
> > works
> > out.
>
> *sight*, i have feared this might be the case. However, i dont quite
> understand the case here. Zabbix does not use any of the openssl headers
> or functions in its code and is nevertheless linking against libcrypto
> which is needed because libsnmp9-dev is linked against openssl. Fabio,
> what do you think about this? Should i start ask Alexei for permission
> about linking against openssl so we are on the safe side?
after some reading i have the strong impression this is needed (its
basically the same problem as in #147430). I have mailed Upstream about
this, lets hope he accepts to add an exception to his license.
bye,
- michael
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