Re: Mail Notification: OpenSSL+GPL on Debian

2011-06-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 03:32:18PM +1200, Dan Wallis wrote: > 2011/6/24 Steve Langasek : > > However, in reading the bug log my understanding is the upstream author's > > position is that the GPL does not require dynamically-linked libraries to be > > distributed under the same license terms.  I do

Re: Mail Notification: OpenSSL+GPL on Debian

2011-06-28 Thread Dan Wallis
2011/6/24 Steve Langasek : > However, in reading the bug log my understanding is the upstream author's > position is that the GPL does not require dynamically-linked libraries to be > distributed under the same license terms.  I don't believe this is an > accurate interpretation of the GPL as writt

Re: Mail Notification: OpenSSL+GPL on Debian

2011-06-24 Thread Steve Langasek
Thanks for raising this issue. On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 04:47:56PM +1200, Dan Wallis wrote: > First off, apologies if I'm out of place in sending you this, or if > it's already been discussed here before. I did search the archives > [0], but didn't see any mention of this particular suggestion. >

Mail Notification: OpenSSL+GPL on Debian

2011-06-23 Thread Dan Wallis
Hello debian-legal First off, apologies if I'm out of place in sending you this, or if it's already been discussed here before. I did search the archives [0], but didn't see any mention of this particular suggestion. As I understand things, there's currently a stalemate between the Debian policy,