Re: Question about upstream duty as regards with OpenSSL

2006-03-18 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 10596 March 1977, Pierre Machard wrote: I am wondering what an upstream author was supposed to do in order to publish a sotfware under GPL when it is using OpenSSL? (Note that I am involved in the software developement so I can obviously propose to rewrite some parts of the licence)

Re: Question about upstream duty as regards with OpenSSL

2006-03-18 Thread MJ Ray
Joerg Jaspert [EMAIL PROTECTED] My standard ssl-rejection template for that is: Thanks for sharing that. It seems quite useful. Are the templates stored anywhere public? Are they kept in sync with http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html ? Can you link from that to

Re: Question about upstream duty as regards with OpenSSL

2006-03-18 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 10597 March 1977, MJ Ray wrote: Thanks for sharing that. It seems quite useful. Are the templates stored anywhere public? Nope. Can you link from that to http://www.debian.org/legal/ please? I'll put a link back when I remember how. Most rejections are free form text (for the

Question about upstream duty as regards with OpenSSL

2006-03-17 Thread Pierre Machard
Hi, I am wondering what an upstream author was supposed to do in order to publish a sotfware under GPL when it is using OpenSSL? (Note that I am involved in the software developement so I can obviously propose to rewrite some parts of the licence) I read

Re: Question about upstream duty as regards with OpenSSL

2006-03-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
On 3/17/06, Pierre Machard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I read http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/05/msg00595.html the copyright holders give permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL Copyright holders just can't give such permission because it doesn't

Re: Question about upstream duty as regards with OpenSSL

2006-03-17 Thread Michael Poole
Pierre Machard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I am wondering what an upstream author was supposed to do in order to publish a sotfware under GPL when it is using OpenSSL? (Note that I am involved in the software developement so I can obviously propose to rewrite some parts of the

Re: Question about upstream duty as regards with OpenSSL

2006-03-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
On 17 Mar 2006 11:45:35 -0500, Michael Poole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] resolving the license incompatibility. That problem exists only in the GNU Republic where linking constitutes creation of copyleft-infringing derived works (and where owners of copies of software don't enjoy rights akin

Re: Question about upstream duty as regards with OpenSSL

2006-03-17 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Pierre Machard wrote: I am wondering what an upstream author was supposed to do in order to publish a sotfware under GPL when it is using OpenSSL? (Note that I am involved in the software developement so I can obviously propose to rewrite some parts of the licence) Beyond