On 11/15/06, David Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 15, 2006, at 9:28 PM, Lars Rosengreen wrote: > > > On 11/15/06, Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Linking to the system's openssl allows us to redistribute the > >> packages > >> in binary form if there aren't any other cryptographic issues that > >> require the packages to be under a Restrictive license. > > > > I think it is probably still possible to distribute both AqBanking and > > Gwenhyafar even if they link against Fink's OpenSSL since the licenses > > for both includes exceptions like this: > > > > As the copyright holder of AqBanking, Martin Preuss grants the > > following > > license exceptions: > > > > 1) Martin Preuss explicitly allows the compilation and distribution of > > AqBanking with the OpenSSL Toolkit. > > No developer is required to provide this exception in a derived > > work. > > > > > > see: http://www.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html > > The problem with distributing binaries of gwen and aqbanking comes > from gwen's implementation of hbci crypt tokens. The openssl is fine, > but additional crypto requires distribution as source. (Unless I'm > misunderstanding the extent of hbci cryptography vs. openssl links > used.) > > -- > David Reiser > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
In that case you might want to go with a Fink openssl dependency--since the packages can't be redistributed as binaries anyway. The advantage is that security updates are implemented more quickly in Fink than by Apple. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (still) Got job? http://akhmac.blogdns.net/~hansen/akh_cv/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
