calumlind+del...@gmail.com writes:
> I was looking for the same generic OpenSSL exception and surprised that there > was only a specific OpenVPN one. > > This is my suggestion based upon our Deluge project text: > https://git.deluge-torrent.org/deluge/tree/LICENSE derived from this article: > https://people.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html > > Full name: > OpenSSL Exception > Short identifier: > OpenSSL-exception > Other web pages for this exception: > https://people.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html > Notes: > Typically used with GPL-2.0 or GPL-3.0 Those names are deprecated, instead, GPL-2.0-only or GPL-2.0-or-later or GPL-3.0-only or GPL-3.0-or-later right? > Text: > In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give > permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL > library. > You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of > the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this > exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s), > but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete > this exception statement from your version. > > I am not sure whether to include the OpenVPN following additional text after > 'OpenSSL library', which does make some sense: > "(or with modified versions of OpenSSL that use the same license as > OpenSSL), and distribute linked combinations including the two." > > Finally of note is that OpenSSL is moving to Apache license so this will be a > moot point soon-ish! > https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2018/03/01/last-license/ It won't be moot if you want to apply spdx to old software. Openssl will rerelease old versions, but their downstream distributors won't bother with that generally, and the old license will be in use for a long time. -- Ian Kelling | Senior Systems Administrator, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: B125 F60B 7B28 7FF6 A2B7 DF8F 170A F0E2 9542 95DF https://fsf.org | https://gnu.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2390): https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/message/2390 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/24235315/21656 Group Owner: spdx-legal+ow...@lists.spdx.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
