"Ralf S. Engelschall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The original license of SSLeay says you cannot change the license for it. Ok,
> but it allows modifications. And those modifications can be put under a
> different license, of course.
According to copyright law, modified versions of a work may not be
distributed without permission of the copyright holder. If the
copyright holder writes that modifications are permitted but the code
cannot be put under another distribution license, you may distribute
modifications only under the terms of the original license. Of course
if, say, C2Net had acquired the right to distribute versions of SSLeay
under a license of its own or EAY agreed to it being distributed under
the OpenSSL license, that would be perfectly ok.
This may seem overly sophisticated, but keep in mind that SSLeay has
been bought out by a company well-known for its agressive IP rights
enforcement.
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