> It isn't any different at all. When a program is run on Solaris, and
> links with a proprietary libc, it (or the person running it) is then
> forced to comply with the license restrictions of that libc, and can be
> held liable for its violation.
Right. OpenSSL's license has six elements. Different elements apply to
different things (some apply to use, some to distribution of source, some to
distribution in binary).
> The license restrictions on OpenSSL state that anything which "use"s
> OpenSSL must include...
>
> This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
> for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)
>
> ... in any advertising materials "mentioning features or use of this
> software" (whether "this software" refers to the OpenSSL library itself,
> or the application using it is unclear to me). Now if "use" here means
> the same as "derived use" as it has come to mean in the GPL, then if
> OpenSSL is ever in an application's address space, that application must
> conform to this license and this advertising clause.
You are confusing different licensing elements. This advertising clause
applies only to 'advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
software [OpenSSL]'. So long as you never create any advertising materials
that mention features of OpenSSL, this doesn't apply to you. Any place
mention of your library discusses features that come from using OpenSSL (for
example, 'the foo library can provide secure ...) you must also mention that
it does so using OpenSSL, as the license specifies.
So long as you accurately represent SSL features as coming from OpenSSL
you won't run into trouble.
> I want my library to be used by everyone, including possibly proprietary
> applications, and this will not happen if they are forced to conform to
> an advertising clause.
If people who use your library want to also use OpenSSL, they will have
to comply with its licensing terms.
DS
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