On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 04:15:21PM -0500, Benjamin Reed wrote: > To me, it would seem kind of arbitrary for openssl 0.9.6 to be allowed, > but 0.9.7 to not be just because we're building our own copy of it. > When Apple releases some future OS release with 0.9.7 on it, is it > magically OK suddenly?
Yes. Section 3 of the GPL: "However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable." And it doesn't really matter what the OpenSSL intent is. They use code that is already licensed under a license with the advertising clause. The original authors are not willing to weaken that requirement, so it is, and probably always will be incompatible with the GPL. Dave ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
