On 08/13/2016 01:03 AM, Christian Pietsch wrote: > Hi Matthias, > hi Free Software lovers, > > On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 01:21:58PM +0200, Matthias Kirschner wrote: >> I was contacted by tacticaltech about the new section on howtos for >> security under GNU/Linux, see the message below. > > Glad to hear you are in contact. I had a chance to leaf through their > beautiful book "security in-a-box" and respect them for their work. > >> I already sent them some feedback about it (Veracrypt not being Free >> Software, > > Veracrypt is released under the Apache 2.0 license which is listed > among the GPL-compatible free software licenses in the green section > of <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apache2>.
The problem with VeraCrypt is that it contains big portions of Truecrypt code, which are covered by the non-free Truecrypt license. APL only covers the "new" parts of its code. [1] ~nikos [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VeraCrypt#License_and_source_model
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