Raul wrote: > If we don't do that, we might cause someone or some group (perhaps > some of us) to get stuck with paying openssl.org some heavy > license fee, to release openssl under gpl compatible terms. Or, > maybe we'll create a situation requiring some other sort of > settlement. And, if that's not necessary, why should we do such a > thing? > > I don't know what the probability of legal action is in this > specific case, nor what the probabilities are that it would > succeed, but as a general rule (where this doesn't leave us stuck > in contradictions) we try to respect upstream's wishes in the > context of their software. > > For a strictly legal point of view, I'll quote > http://practice.findlaw.com/20questions-1203.html > > "More copyright litigation can definitely be expected ."
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