Re: System libraries and the GPLv2

2017-03-31 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 07:23:25 -0400 Richard Fontana wrote: > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:37:32PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:28:46 -0400 Richard Fontana wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 05:08:24AM +0200, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Do

Re: System libraries and the GPLv2

2017-03-31 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:37:32PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:28:46 -0400 Richard Fontana wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 05:08:24AM +0200, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez wrote: > > > > > Do you (or anyone else) _really_ think the copyright holders of the GPL > > > pro

Re: System libraries and the GPLv2

2017-03-31 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 10:27:46AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > On the other hand, when a larger upstream project > granted us a linking exception for OpenSSL, they probably did not > obtain consent from all the copyright holders, either. Right. For example, I remember one case where a Debian de

Re: System libraries and the GPLv2

2017-03-31 Thread Florian Weimer
* Philip Hands: > P.P.S. Does anyone really expect a consensus to emerge where we decide > to ignore the exception to the exception across the board without > consulting lawyers? I think there are several people in this thread > (myself included) that have demonstrated that they're going to argue

Re: System libraries and the GPLv2

2017-03-31 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Francesco Poli (2017-03-30 23:37:32) > On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:28:46 -0400 Richard Fontana wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 05:08:24AM +0200, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez wrote: > > > > > Do you (or anyone else) _really_ think the copyright holders of > > > the GPL program in question h