-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear all
Following comments on FSF's position regarding OpenSSL as a System Library in Debian, Brett Smith at FSF sent the following message: === I apologize for my misunderstandings about OpenSSL's status in Debian, and appreciate the corrections. However, even given all this information, I still don't see how OpenSSL meets part (a) of the System Library definition. What is the Major Component that OpenSSL accompanies? Kernels always come with C libraries, and GCC always comes with libgcc. What package comes with OpenSSL? I understand that there are some pretty important applications that require OpenSSL, such as apt, but that's not the same thing as accompanying apt. Moreover, "pretty important" isn't the same thing as "essential" in the very narrow sense the license aims to define it in. === I hope this helps clarify things. :) Regards Shane - -- Shane Coughlan FTF Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe Office: +41435000366 ext 408 / Mobile: +41792633406 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Free Software > http://fsfe.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBRqYWZdGa7CzA5hXyAQJm9wP/eHCZAkZFQNR1+aliIzJqQ8o4CA2CMU87 MQ98NQubX/fd0Cai34Ue9hu4m8nqS2Eo0zbw9+1TYpHZ29N6HvQW5IwAv32FkBPI ah/aLgmjnlFlcBJAjTfQo2jswHyxUwmRI0CFnAK8J6E1AB2sriBceHgGZdrVs770 ux0SMFlnsqk= =kl+r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
