It *is* possible to ammend the GPL locally to allow for OpenSSL linking. http://www.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html
Was this possibility talked about with freeradius upstream? It is usually a non-issue to get people to agree with it, since the software remains GPL, and they added code to allow it to link to OpenSSL in the first place, so they are not opposed to such linking... Here's the relevant text of that URI: One recommended way around this GPL incompatibility is to add an OpenSSL exemption when you license your code under the GPL. See this mail from debian-legal to a developer which suggests the following wording for the exemption: * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give * permission to link the code of portions of this program with the * OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each * individual source file, and distribute linked combinations * including the two. * You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects * for all of the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify * file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to your * version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If you * do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your * version. If you delete this exception statement from all source * files in the program, then also delete it here. (links to the emails, etc. are available in the gnome.org page linked above). -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
