Re: GPL and openssl. exception needed.

[Nočl Köthe]

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

Hello,

sorry if I come back to this topic again.

> > 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.

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.

-- 
NoÃl KÃthe <noel debian.org>

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