MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2004-08-12 14:31:19 +0100 Daniel Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I did another google and I've found enough references on the topic >> "openssl is PART of the OS" etc so no need to say anything else. > > That doesn't work. OpenSSL is not an required part of the debian > operating system at present, so I believe that part of the GPL doesn't > apply to this situation for us. I guess it depends what a "normal" > distribution of debian is: required and important packages, or more?
What's in a normal Debian install doesn't matter, because it all gets distributed together on mirrors and in cd-packs. There's a very specific phrase used to keep MS and Sun from shipping Emacs with their proprietary libc: "unless that component itself accompanies the executable." -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
