[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am working on an cryptographic abstraction layer for Qt,
> imaginatively called the Qt Cryptographic Architecture (QCA). One of
> the
> back-end plugins
> that is in development links to OpenSSL. Right now, the
> directory name is
> "qca-openssl". When it gets released, each backend will
> probably be released
> separately to the rest of QCA.
>
> I note the following clause in the OpenSSL Copyright statement:
>  * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "OpenSSL"
>  *    nor may "OpenSSL" appear in their names without prior written
>  *    permission of the OpenSSL Project.
>
> It is permissable to use "qca-openssl" as a package name for
> an open-source
> package that links to OpenSSL.
>

Hmm - well this doesen't look to me like a request for permission, merely
a request for opinion of whether or not you need to request permission.

So, in answer to that, no.  You must request permission to do so by
writing [EMAIL PROTECTED]  (and only openssl-core)

Ted

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