libgnutls-openssl and real openssl conflict
Hans de Goede
j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Wed Aug 27 07:41:10 UTC 2008
Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 18:30 -0400, David A. Wheeler wrote:
>> Any program that links to libgnutls-openssl that has GPL'ed components
>> probably CANNOT be legally linked to OpenSSL.
>
> For what it is worth, we consider OpenSSL a system library (aka, a
> "major component"), as does the FSF.
>
>>From GPLv2:
>
> However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not
> include
> anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the
> major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on
> which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the
> executable.
>
> Thus, we're not concerned about OpenSSL and GPL incompatibility.
>
Erm what about the "unless that component itself accompanies the
executable." part, when we put openssl and a using app together on a CD does
that not count as "accompanies the executable"? If not that would be great then
I can fix this (for now) by simply using the real openssl in gkrellm.
Regards,
Hans
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