On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:44:39PM +0200, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote: > On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 04:34:33PM +0000, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > Francesco P. Lovergine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/foss-exception.html > > > > > A few programs link currently the old non-GPL libmysqlclient10 in order > > > to retain compatibility with other free licenses which have known > > > problems and require exceptions (e.g. openssl). AFAIK the new > > > statement should allow all those program to link the current > > > libmysqlclient instead. See proftpd-mysql for an example of such kind > > > of programs. > > > > Could you readjust my glasses? You explicitely mention OpenSSL but I > > cannot see it on the webpage. Is 'BSD license "July 22 1999"' supposed > > to apply? > > > > Mmm, I'm quite miopic too, anyway both licenses in openssl are bsd-like > (with advertising clauses) and they are compatible with OpenSource Initiative > criteria, as pointed in http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php. > So they are acceptable for MySQL FOSS exception.
What, even the SSLeay license? It's not a BSD license, and fuck knows what "compatible with OpenSource Initiative criteria" is supposed to mean. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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