Re: GPL and openssl. exception needed.

[Nočl Köthe]

Am Donnerstag, den 28.04.2005, 22:55 +0400 schrieb Alexander V.
Lukyanov:

> > will this exception to link lftp against openssl be added in the
> > copyright/license in the next release?
> 
> The exception cannot be added to license, since lftp includes various code
> (not mine) covered by GNU GPL. This question has been raised before.

Sorry, I wasn't aware of this.  Thanks for clearing.

> The best thing to do is to port lftp to GNU TLS. Until it is done, you
> have the possibility not to link with OpenSSL.

Hmm, yes. Its sad, but it looks like I have to disable ssl.

thx for your answer.

-- 
NoÃl KÃthe <noel debian.org>
Debian GNU/Linux, www.debian.org

signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part