Paul Wise <[email protected]> writes: > On Sat, 2014-04-26 at 21:38 -0400, Simon Fondrie-Teitler wrote: > >> I'm also still trying to figure out the Debian policy towards python >> applications that are licensed under the GPL. My understanding is that >> any python code makes TLS connections ends up using code from the >> openssl library. Upstream is reluctant to add the clause, and points out >> that programs like offlineimap don't have this clause despite being GPL >> licensed and making TLS connections with python. >> >> If anyone could clarify, that would be helpful. > > I'm not sure myself, I would encourage you to contact the debian-legal > mailing list for an opinion about this.
Yeah, I'm not totally clear on this either, I think it would be good to get clarification from debian-legal. A point of clarification - offlineimap does *not* use python-openssl, it seems like it uses some built-in ssl library in python. micah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
