Just a note: According to a thread on [EMAIL PROTECTED], it appears that OpenSSL is GPL incompatible.
Many software use OpenSSL (as http://packages.debian.org/stable/web/apache-ssl.html ) For Savannah, it has no particular consequences. It's ok to host a project depending on free GPL-incompatible software, as long the software is himself GPL compatible. That said, according to the thread, it may be illegal anyway to do a GPL software depending of OpenSSL. Any clear idea on the topic? Bill Tompkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > Rob- > > Thanks for your email. When I initially started using OpenSSL with the > Gaim-Encryption plugin, I had no plans of distributing binaries of it, > and thus I wasn't overly worried about the license issues associated > with OpenSSL. I hadn't revisited those issues before releasing the > precompiled Windows version, and as you point out, it violates Gaim's > license. I've pulled those binaries from the Sourceforge site. > > I had already been planning on switching the crypto library used by the > plugin- I'm hoping to find the time in the next few weeks to do that > change. Until then, I plan on leaving the current source distribution > of the plugin on the website. If you feel that there is a GPL violation > with the source distribution, please let me know, but I don't believe > that that is the case. > > I am less sure of the legal situation with regards to the Fedora > Gaim-Encryption RPM. It is linked against the OpenSSL libraries > distributed with RedHat, and distributed in its own RPM (not packaged > together with Gaim). As such, I suppose that it depends on your > interpretation of the "OS exemption" clause, and perhaps other > subtleties that I would rather not argue. It will become moot as soon > as I can find a few days to re-code some parts of the plugin. > > -Bill > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mathieu Roy Homepage: http://yeupou.coleumes.org Not a native english speaker: http://stock.coleumes.org/doc.php?i=/misc-files/flawed-english _______________________________________________ Savannah-hackers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-hackers
