libgnutls-openssl and real openssl conflict
Alan Cox
alan at redhat.com
Wed Aug 27 10:46:45 UTC 2008
>> 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"?
It clearly does, and we've previously enforced this exact policy based on advice
that shipping them together would cause a problem.
Alan
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