Aren't these restrictions specific to binary distribution system? If so, couldn't these be blacklisted from the bindist and require the user to build them locally under fink?
On Saturday, June 20, 2015, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jun 20, 2015, at 15:03, Daniel Johnson <daniel.johnso...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > >> On Jun 20, 2015, at 4:58 PM, Alexander Hansen < > alexanderk.han...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> Since the system’s OpenSSL is going away for 10.11 we’ve got a bit of a > pickle. > >> > >> My understanding is that our packages that use openssl100-dev and have > binaries are now technically in violation of the openssl license, which > only allows redistribution against an OpenSSL which is shipped with the OS. > >> > >> 1) Is this still true? If so, then we need to start tagging them as > Restrictive. > >> 2) Does LibreSSL have the same restriction? If not, can we convert > over to use that? > >> > >> -- > >> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > >> Fink User Liaison > >> > > > > 1) IANAL, so I can’t answer this, but the issue isn’t that OpenSSL’s > license forbids distribution. The problem is that because of OpenSSL’s > “original” BSD license with the advertising clause, it is incompatible with > the GPL. The GPL *does* allow linking to libraries that come with an OS, so > that’s where the workaround used to be. > > > > 2) LibreSSL (and BoringSSL but we don’t have that package) is a fork of > OpenSSL and therefore must use the same license. I believe they have been > trying to get things relicensed but that’s an almost impossible job since > there’s some really old code in there. > > > > Daniel > > > > 1+2) Ah. gotcha. As a simple base example then, is our cvs package, > which uses openssl100, in violation? And if so, do we have to mark it as > Restrictive? Or worse yet, pull it and stop supporting selfupdate-cvs on > distributions where Xcode doesn’t have cvs ? > > -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Fink-devel mailing list > Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net <javascript:;> > List archive: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel > Subscription management: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel >
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