Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The former [relicensing component parts under compatible licenses]
> is not an option for OpenSSL (has probably been tried millions of
> times)
Never say never; popular works do sometimes change licenses from
community pressure to be compatible. I haven't
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:00:56 +1100, Ben Finney
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In my view, the ideal solution from a reduce-licensing-headaches
>perspective is to get all the code in a work licensed compatibly with
>no need for exception clauses, either by relicensing some parts or by
>replacing parts
Stephen Gran wrote:
I have been under the impression that the answer is no. You're not
linking L to OpenSSL. It could be argued that this was an attempt at
defeating the GPL if P was a thin shim layer between L and OpenSSL,
but I don't think anyone can reasonably argue that for our default MTA.
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This one time, at band camp, Marc Haber said:
> > If both M and P were GPL with OpenSSL exception, but L were GPL
> > without OpenSSL exception, this linking would be a violation of
> > L's license?`By virtue of P linking to M and L and M linking to
> > O
This one time, at band camp, Marc Haber said:
> Let me understand this in Theory. Given the following link tree:
>
> -
> | program P |
> -
> / \
> / \
> -
Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If both M and P were GPL with OpenSSL exception, but L were GPL
> without OpenSSL exception, this linking would be a violation of L's
> license?`By virtue of P linking to M and L and M linking to OpenSSL?
That's my understanding, yes.
This is why things l
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:35:55 +0100, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Le jeudi 08 novembre 2007 à 19:27 +0100, Marc Haber a écrit :
>> (1)
>> Is it ok to change exim's SSL library to OpenSSL in the current setup
>> without violating the GPL for some of the library currently in use
>
>It
Hi,
Le jeudi 08 novembre 2007 à 19:27 +0100, Marc Haber a écrit :
> (1)
> Is it ok to change exim's SSL library to OpenSSL in the current setup
> without violating the GPL for some of the library currently in use
As you said, libmysqlclient and exim are OK with linking with OpenSSL.
The one pro
On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 19:16:49 +, Ian Jackson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Marc Haber writes ("transitive GPL (exim4, OpenSSL, mySQL and others)"):
>> (1)
>> Is it ok to change exim's SSL library to OpenSSL in the current setup
>> without violating the GPL for some of the library currently in use
>
Marc Haber writes ("transitive GPL (exim4, OpenSSL, mySQL and others)"):
> (1)
> Is it ok to change exim's SSL library to OpenSSL in the current setup
> without violating the GPL for some of the library currently in use
You mentioned libpq and mysql. What other libraries are involved ?
All of the
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