On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 06:56:39 +0800 Paul Wise wrote: [...] > Bradley Kuhn says that for GPLv2-only works Debian should not consider > OpenSSL to be a system library but for works where the GPLv3 can > apply, SSL/TLS is likely a "Standard Interface" and thus subject to > the "System Library" exception.
I was pondering over this issue and I seemed to remember I had seen an opposite opinion. Now I've just found where I saw that opinion: it was quoted on debian-legal [1] back in 2007. Brett Smith (FSF Licensing Compliance Engineer) stated that OpenSSL does not qualify as (GPLv3) "System Library". [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/07/msg00194.html -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ fsck is a four letter word... ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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