On 20/11/15 20:48, Salz, Rich wrote: >> Is there a possibility of releasing it under more than one license? > > Highly doubtful, at least not at first. > >> Otherwise, I honestly don't really see the point of relicensing >> OpenSSL as moving to apache v2 does not resolve the primary problem >> with the OpenSSL license that currently exists. > > Yes it does: the "advertising" clause and being a non-standard > license. If you think the primary problem is GPL, well we disagree. > And also, see this: > http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
Although it's not compatible with GPLv2. Not everyone likes, or uses, or _can_ use GPLv3. And there's plenty of GPLv2 users (of which I am one) to prove the point: https://www.blackducksoftware.com/resources/data/top-20-open-source-licenses So a dual license still seems desirable to me. However, also, and as I said when this came up before, I don't believe the OpenSSL team is legally permitted to change the license as they do not hold the entire copyright. To change the licence, you need a copyright assignment or Contributor License Agreement from every individual or company who has contributed code to OpenSSL. You cannot change the terms of something you do not own. That is admittedly a significant hurdle to any change. Jifl -- eCosCentric Limited http://www.eCosCentric.com/ The eCos experts Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 1223 245571 Registered in England and Wales: Reg No 4422071. ------["Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere"]------ Opinions==mine _______________________________________________ openssl-dev mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-dev
