Quoting Michael Biebl (2020-10-20 16:23:20) > Am 20.10.20 um 15:16 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard: > > This was just now brought to my attention: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=924937#105 > > > > Do I understand correctly that Debian now ignore OpenSSL > > incomatibilities with GPL? > > > > I.e. do we no longer need to either a) seek special exception for > > each and every piece of GPL-licensed code linking with current or > > older OpenSSL code, or b) patch such code to instead link with some > > alternative crypto library, or c) wait for relicensd OpenSSL 3.0.0? > > > > Yeah. I guess an official email from the ftp-master team regarding > this issue would be a good idea. > > Fwiw, I think this this is a reasonable decision by the ftp-master > team and I support it.
It would certainly be good to have an official clarification. As I understand it, the conflict is that OpenSSL requires advertising and GPL¹ requires no other requirements than those defined by GPL. It would therefore be quite relevant, I think, to have clarified if Debian a) considers the OpenSSL requirement void, or b) considers the GPL restriction about added requirements void². ...or c) I am talking rubbish here and it is something else entirely. - Jonas ¹ GPL-with-some-exception is a different license than GPL. ² i.e. applying different interpreting than the authors of GPL does: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#OpenSSL -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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