Bug#515200: Providing an openssl-linked pycurl

2010-06-30 Thread Guido Trotter
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 06:59:01AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Hi, > > According to my understandment: > > > > - OpenSSL is released under a license which is GPL incompatible, unless an > > exception to the GPL is used in the software compiled with it. Debian > > cannot > > distribute GPL software

Bug#515200: Providing an openssl-linked pycurl

2010-06-29 Thread MJ Ray
Guido Trotter wrote: > According to my understandment: > > - OpenSSL is released under a license which is GPL incompatible, unless an > exception to the GPL is used in the software compiled with it. Debian cannot > distribute GPL software released under the unmodified GPL and linked against >

Bug#515200: Providing an openssl-linked pycurl

2010-06-29 Thread Guido Trotter
Hi debian-legal, Some people, who submitted or commented on bug #515200 would like to have a version of pycurl linked with OpenSSL, mostly because of features provided. Before going ahead with that, the maintainer asked to have some opinion from -legal, so with this post I'm trying to solicit co