On Sunday 30 September 2007 17:06, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Kern Sibbald wrote:
> > It is too bad we were not aware of these subtle licensing constraints a
> > few years ago when Landon and I agreed on what encryption package to use.
>
> I'm not sure I entirely follow the issues with OpenSSL licensing.
> What's the basic problem there?

The GPL (any version) and OpenSSL license are incompatible.  

Any more than that is a *long* story.   You can read about most of the nuances 
and fine points on the link someone posted pointing to the debian legal list, 
and if I remember right, I have explained this several times in the past on 
this list and will do so again in the next few weeks once it is firmly behind 
us ...

Regards,

Kern

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft
Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005.
http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
_______________________________________________
Bacula-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel

Reply via email to