tags 688868 wontfix upstream
tags 688868 severity wishlist
retitle 688868 Upstream license exception required to enable linking with SSL
thanks


On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:40:30 Guillaume BERAUDO wrote:
> The exosip library is not compiled with SSL support.
> The control file marks libssl-dev as a build conflict.

Guillaume,

It is not always permitted to link gpl code with ssl unless upstream provides 
a license exception:

http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#LEGAL2
http://lintian.debian.org/tags/possible-gpl-code-linked-with-openssl.html

        The GPL (including version 3) is incompatible with some terms of the
        OpenSSL license, and therefore Debian does not allow GPL-licensed code
        linked with OpenSSL libraries unless there is a license exception
        explicitly permitting this.

Mark

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