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[930a168303] fossil is GPLed, openssl is GPL-incompatible, suggest adding clause to license.
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anonymous
2010-02-15 01:18:01.
D 2010-02-15T01:18:01
J comment fossil\sis\slicensed\sunder\sthe\sGNU\sGPL\sv2.\r\nunfortunately,\sopenssl,\swhile\sfree,\shas\sa\sGPL-incompatible\slicense.\r\nthis\smeans\sthat\sdistributors\s(like,\ssay,\sdebian)\scannot\sship\sfossil\sbinaries\slinked\sto\sopenssl.\r\n\r\nUNLESS\syou\sadd\san\s"exception"\sclause\sto\sthe\sfossil\slicense.\r\nMany\sprograms\shave\ssuch\san\sexception\sclause,\se.g.,\swget\shas\sone,\r\nwhich\sI\sinclude\sbelow.\s\s(This\sis\san\sFSF-approved\sthing\sto\sdo,\sBTW;\r\nthe\swording\sbelow\sis\sthe\swording\sthe\sFSF\suses\swhen\sthey\sadd\ssuch\r\na\sclause,\sand\swhich\sthey\shave\srecommended\sto\sothers.)\r\n\r\n"In\saddition,\sas\sa\sspecial\sexception,\sthe\sFree\sSoftware\sFoundation\r\ngives\spermission\sto\slink\sthe\scode\sof\sits\srelease\sof\sWget\swith\sthe\r\nOpenSSL\sproject's\s"OpenSSL"\slibrary\s(or\swith\smodified\sversions\sof\sit\r\nthat\suse\sthe\ssame\slicense\sas\sthe\s"OpenSSL"\slibrary),\sand\sdistribute\r\nthe\slinked\sexecutables.\s\sYou\smust\sobey\sthe\sGNU\sGeneral\sPublic\sLicense\r\nin\sall\srespects\sfor\sall\sof\sthe\scode\sused\sother\sthan\s"OpenSSL".\s\sIf\syou\r\nmodify\sthis\sfile,\syou\smay\sextend\sthis\sexception\sto\syour\sversion\sof\sthe\r\nfile,\sbut\syou\sare\snot\sobligated\sto\sdo\sso.\s\sIf\syou\sdo\snot\swish\sto\sdo\r\nso,\sdelete\sthis\sexception\sstatement\sfrom\syour\sversion."\r\n\r\nIf\sthe\sabove\sis\sunclear\s(or\sunconvincing!)\splease\sdo\snot\shesitate\sto\semail.\r\n--\r\nBarak\sA.\sPearlmutter\s<barak@cs.nuim.ie>
J foundin 2010.02.13.123048
J private_contact 6ba147a4218010d3c6ffddc5ed73dc017a44bf3c
J status Open
J title fossil\sis\sGPLed,\sopenssl\sis\sGPL-incompatible,\ssuggest\sadding\sclause\sto\slicense
J type Build_Problem
K 930a168303fd3c71c39001fb8c4cd16fb37d959d
U anonymous
Z 7a36942114277926a4c3c8eec48d81d2