On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 05:09:31AM +0900, AIDA Shinra wrote: > Hello, > > I am packaging sole ca-bundle.crt for Fink. > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=928157&group_id=17203&atid=414256 > > Fink package system has "License" field. I must fill it. What is the > "license" of sole ca-bundle.crt? Mod_ssl license? Or nothing like > "license"?
It's a tricky legal question, I think. The original source of the ca-bundle.crt was a database shipped with the Netscape browser. It's possible to derive a new ca-bundle.crt from the Mozilla source code, which is what Debian do in their ca-certificates package. Debian say that the resultant CA certificate bundle is licensed under the MPL, as its source in Mozilla is. But can a database be copyrighted? Can a database made up of copies of necessarily-public CA certificates published by third parties be copyrighted? It is somewhat lacking in "originality", which is one of the requirements for US copyright law to apply, at least. You may be better of asking a lawyer, unfortunately! joe ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
