On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 19:28, Steve Langasek wrote: > So the options are that you could secure a clarification of the GPL's OS > exemption from the FSF, in the form of a new revision of the GPL, that > permits what you're asking; or you can find a way to replace OpenSSL in > the build with a library providing equivalent features, such as gnutls. > It seems to me that the second is slightly more feasible. :)
To clarify Steve's otherwise excellent reply: recent gnutls ships with an OpenSSL compatibility library. The libraries are LGPL, so there should be no problem with compatibility. I haven't tried it yet, but I intend to with CUPS. I'd recommend you give it a try.