On 18/01/15 08:18, Vincent Bernat wrote: > ❦ 17 janvier 2015 19:14 +0100, "W. Martin Borgert" <deba...@debian.org> : >> Python program or library "X" is licensed under GPL3+ without >> OpenSSL exception. "X" does use the python-requests library, >> which on load dynamically links the Python interpreter with the >> OpenSSL library. > > A close issue has already been discussed [1] but it was mostly > ignored. Doing "import readline" and "import ssl" triggers the problem > without introducing a third-party program.
Copyright law says nothing about loading shared libraries, and quite a lot to say about creating derivative works. The important thing from a legal point of view is not "does python's address space contain both readline and OpenSSL?" - that's interesting evidence, but not actually the question that a court case would seek to determine. The important thing is "has a derivative work of readline and OpenSSL been created?" and that's rather less clear-cut. See also <http://lwn.net/Articles/548216/> for related discussion. S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54bb7cad.9090...@debian.org
