openssl and GPL

2002-04-21 Thread Brian May
Hello, I am still a bit confused as to the problems with linking GPL code with OPENSSL. I don't intend to start any flame wars... Please send CCs to me. Thanks. If there is somewhere I can find this information, URLs would be appreciated. 1. What is the problem? I have read the GPL, and cannot

Re: openssl and GPL

2002-04-21 Thread David Starner
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 04:15:09PM +1000, Brian May wrote: 1. What is the problem? I have read the GPL, and cannot recall the problem. According to the top of /usr/doc/openssl/copyright, openssl has a dual BSD style license. I haven't heard of problems linking GPL code with BSD code before. So

Re: Crypto++ licencing

2002-04-21 Thread Walter Landry
Stephen Zander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the rest, I'll remove IDEA, DSS LUC from the upstream tarball, put that in non-us/main for now, package the IDEA code separately and put it in non-us/non-free Well, like I said, I don't think that you really need to remove LUC. A vague claim that

Re: Bug#143281: RFP: scummvm -- free implementation of LucasArts S.C.U.M.M.

2002-04-21 Thread Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller
Hi On Friday, 19. April 2002 11:53, Tille, Andreas wrote: On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 01:45:19PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: Unfortunately it may not be quite so free. I haven't checked it in detail, but I'm told the only decent sound support is

Re: Crypto++ licencing

2002-04-21 Thread Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet
Stephen Zander wrote: No, I meant what I said. While at least one country in the world refuses to recognise software patents, there will be a safe place for that which we currently call non-US to exist (the fact that it's currently called non-US rather than non-encumbered or something else

Re: openssl and GPL

2002-04-21 Thread Ivo Timmermans
David Starner wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 04:15:09PM +1000, Brian May wrote: 2. Is URL:http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#LEGAL wrong? ie. the GPL does not place restrictions on using libraries that are part of the normal operating system distribution. Yes, it does state that.

Re: Crypto++ licencing

2002-04-21 Thread Jeroen Dekkers
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 11:52:58AM +0200, Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet wrote: Stephen Zander wrote: I don't believe the US will ever stop supporting softare patents; there's too much money at stake. By the same reasoning, the EC member states should also all support software patents. The

Re: Crypto++ licencing

2002-04-21 Thread Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet
Jeroen Dekkers wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 11:52:58AM +0200, Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet wrote: Stephen Zander wrote: I don't believe the US will ever stop supporting softare patents; there's too much money at stake. By the same reasoning, the EC member states should also all

Re: Crypto++ licencing

2002-04-21 Thread Jeroen Dekkers
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 01:57:21PM +0200, Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet wrote: Jeroen Dekkers wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 11:52:58AM +0200, Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet wrote: Stephen Zander wrote: I don't believe the US will ever stop supporting softare patents; there's too much money

Re: openssl and GPL

2002-04-21 Thread Colin Walters
On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 02:15, Brian May wrote: I normally like the GPL, but I find it a bit irratating that I can't take some GPL program, and link it against Heimdal (which happens to be linked against OpenSSL), without express permission from all the copyright holders of the GPL software. In

Re: openssl and GPL

2002-04-21 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 04:15:09PM +1000, Brian May wrote: I normally like the GPL, but I find it a bit irratating that I can't take some GPL program, and link it against Heimdal (which happens to be linked against OpenSSL), without express permission from all the copyright holders of the GPL

Re: Crypto++ licencing

2002-04-21 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 06:34:30PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: Walter == Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Walter DSS and IDEA are both patented in Europe, so putting it in Walter non-us won't help. There is also the minor problem that Walter non-us is going the away. I

Re: openssl and GPL

2002-04-21 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 04:15:09PM +1000, Brian May wrote: Hello, I am still a bit confused as to the problems with linking GPL code with OPENSSL. I don't intend to start any flame wars... Please send CCs to me. Thanks. If there is somewhere I can find this information, URLs would be

Re: openssl and GPL

2002-04-21 Thread Brian May
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 04:24:03PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: There have always been problems linking GPL code with BSD code, so long as the GPL has existed. Only code licensed under the new, recently revised BSD license can be linked with GPL code. OpenSSL doesn't use such a new-style