On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 02:07:01PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> moin,
>
> debian bug #1012636 has brought to my attention that the SASL support
> introduced in isync v1.2 (commit eb100515) makes isync binaries built with
> it not legally distributable (unless SASL is a system library).
>
> to address this issue, i intend to generalize the GPL exception as per the
> attached patch.
>
> i just updated the AUTHORS file to accurately reflect the copyright holders
> and other contributors, as can be determined from the CVS/git history. every
> contributor is invited to verify their classification.
>
> ideally, every copyright holder will reply to this message on-list to
> express their agreement to the license change. in a while, i'll send out
> individual mails for missing confirmations.
>
> because
> - isync already contains an exception for OpenSSL,
> - every contributor implicitly agreed to that exception, and
> - that exception exists specifically because of the advertising clause in
> OpenSSL < v3's license,
> i'm assuming that everyone will be fine with the proposed change.
> i'll rely on that assumption in case some copyright holder(s) cannot be
> reached.
I'm OK with this change, thanks.
- Ted
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