[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 24 Nov, Jean-Marc Desperrier wrote:
>
> > Shridhar, a tool that incorporates OpenSSL code can hardly be released as
> > GPL, because OpenSSL itself is not GPL.
> As I understand the BSD license, BSD licensed code can be rereleased
> under the GPL. See drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c in the Linux kernel. This
> code was BSD licensed, it originates from FreeBSD, was ported to Linux
> and rereleased under the GPL.
I said "hardly", the exact meaning is "they are problems" and they have been
shown very recently.
Just consut the archive, thread title "Licencing issues", and you'll know
everything you need about it.
This is only 10 days old.
Only the original author can really take the decision to rereleased BSD/BSD
like code under the GPL.
In the case of ncr53c8xx.c, the original author is Stanglmeier, and _he_ is the
one who has rereleased it under GPL if the announcement at start of the file is
correct.
This will not happen with OpenSSL.
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