In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:47:12 +0200, Richard Koenning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Richard.Koenning> Ryan Shon wrote: Richard.Koenning> Richard.Koenning> > My boss hopes to sell this OpenSSL variant as a Richard.Koenning> > product. Because of this, he would not want Richard.Koenning> > customers who buy this product to be free to Richard.Koenning> > redistribute it on their own. If we were only to Richard.Koenning> > modify existing OpenSSL, then I assume our entire Richard.Koenning> > product would be subject to free redistribution by Richard.Koenning> > customers under the license. Is this correct? Richard.Koenning> Richard.Koenning> My first answer would have been plain "no", but then Richard.Koenning> i read the last sentences at Richard.Koenning> http://www.openssl.org/source/license.html. I think Richard.Koenning> (IANAL) that the answer depends on whether your Richard.Koenning> product is regarded a derivative of OpenSSL. For all intents and purposes, yes, it would, at least if the modification is distributed in a package that otherwise looks like a full OpenSSL distribution. IANAL either, but I think I've read enough to be able to make that statement with certainty. Cheers, Richard ----- Please consider sponsoring my work on free software. See http://www.free.lp.se/sponsoring.html for details. -- Richard Levitte [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://richard.levitte.org/ "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." -- C.S. Lewis ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
