Re: GPL and openssl. exception needed.

[Alexander V. Lukyanov]

On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 06:59:50PM +0200, Nočl Köthe wrote:
> I was pointed to the README file in 3.1.3 where the exception is
> included (at the end) but not in the COPYING file:
>
> "In addition, as a special exception, permission is given to link the
> code of this release of lftp with the OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL"
> library (or with modified versions of it that use the same license as
> the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute the linked executables. You
> must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
> the code used other than "OpenSSL". If you modify this file, you may
> extend this exception to your version of the file, but you are not
> obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception
> statement from your version."
>
> COPYING and README license are not in sync.

You are right. I can remember that I first added the statement to
COPYING and README, but then had to remove it and forgot to remove it
from README.

Anyway, 3.2.0 is out and GNU TLS support is there, so you can use lftp
with GNU TLS and without OpenSSL.

--
   Alexander.