>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kyle Hamilton >Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:30 PM >To: openssl-users@openssl.org >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Licenses... > > >Why not an advertising clause exemption for non-binary (i.e., source) >distributions, and binaries that accompany such source distributions? >That would make the license GPL-friendly (thus increasing the ability >for organizations to adopt open-source software without their lawyers >getting anxious -- let's face it, free software, such as gcc, is a >very significant subset of what open-source software has to offer) >while at the same time allowing for the current system of proprietary >binaries built from BSD+advert software to still maintain >representation of the origin of the software.
Sounds good as long as a statement is inserted that says that this exemption only holds as long as the OpenSSL license is still applied - if the license is changed or another license is applied on top of the OpenSSL license, then the advert clause exemption disappears. Ted ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
