> On 13.11.2015, at 11:16, René J.V. Bertin <rjvber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Friday November 13 2015 10:45:32 Dominik Reichardt wrote: > >> from www.libressl.org: >> >> "LibreSSL is a version of the TLS/crypto stack forked from OpenSSL in 2014, >> with goals of modernizing the codebase, improving security, and applying >> best practice development processes.” >> >> so, no rewrite. > > I didn't say it was a complete rewrite, but do you see any other way to > achieve the above goals without any rewriting? ;) >
"AFAIK it's a rewrite (has to be, to avoid licensing/copyright issues) that aims to be API compatible.” When talking about code, you should be more precise to differ between a fork and rewrite. Since it’s a fork, libressl has to have the same license as openssl. Libressl forked OpenSSL 1.0.1g and then threw out code. Of course they are rewriting stuff then, after all it’s a fork, not a mirror. But describing it as a rewrite is highly misleading, IMO. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
