Re: Licenses...

2006-04-17 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Geoff Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As if it weren't annoying enough to see the license getting (re)debated, > despite the fact there's fsck all that can be done about it as things > stand, What we really need is to somehow get some of Eric Young and Tim Hudson's time in person, mayb

Re: Licenses...

2006-04-14 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > listen to yourself, your speaking as though software should be distributed > and sold exactly like Windows server products are: aimed at the > administrators who are just pretending to be adminstrators, and who are > not real professionals. > Thank goo

Re: Licenses...

2006-04-13 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An end user can download freeradius and postgresql and openssl and > build all of them and link them together, without violating any licensing > clauses. End users aren't expected to know how to use build tools or even have them installed on th

Re: Licenses...

2006-04-12 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I still have not seen from the "pro-advertisement-clause-removal" > camp is a logical explanation of why someone cannot use OpenSSL because of > the so-called "advertising-clause" If someone is a development community, then no, there's no

Re: Licenses...

2006-04-11 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, boys and girls, however much I actually enjoy discussing the > intricaties of licenses out the wazoo, I don't think a discussion on > how to interpret the GPL belongs in this list. Let's move along, > shall we? +1... However,

Re: Licenses...

2006-04-10 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Jeffrey Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And it's not always even that simple: for example, the freeradius > > project's postgresql plugin links against the postgresql client library > > (naturally). Postgresql may or may not link against OpenSSL. If it does, > > then the freeradius-postgr

Licenses...

2006-04-09 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Eric, OpenSSL has become an almost universal component in servers and operating systems. Unfortunately, GPL types don't like linking against a product that has an advertising clause (go figure). I'd like to see this war end. I don't think removing the advertising clause from SSLeay