On Thu, 2017-04-06 at 12:57 -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> > > Also, wasn't there an issue with the OpenSSL's licensing and GPL?
> > > If it still is, could it affect any of the packages that are now using
> > > libcurl?
> > There is this: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2017/03/22/license/

Which doesn't really help as they're moving to a different but still
GPL-incompatible licence. Grr :)

> Also this, which is more immediately relevant:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:FAQ#What.27s_the_deal_with_the_OpenSSL_license.3F
> 
> tl;dr: "However, we consider that the OpenSSL library is a system library, as
> defined by the GPL, on Fedora and therefore we are allowed to ship GPL 
> software
> that links to the OpenSSL library."

That would seem to resolve it, sure :)

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