вс, 15 янв. 2023 г. в 19:09, Arne Schwabe <a...@rfc2549.org>:

> Am 15.01.23 um 13:52 schrieb Илья Шипицин:
> > subject says "allow mbed TLS 3.x linking".
> > is OpenSSL currently restrictive as well ?
> >
>
> Yes that is what the subject says but OpenSSL 3 also uses Apache 2.
>
> In laymen terms, the Apache 2 license contains additional protections
> for users using the source code that GPLv2 does not. While these
> additional protection are in the spirit of the GPL (the GPL3 includes
> the same protections), they are not in the letter of GPL2 and GPL2 does
> not allow additional restriction (like these protections).
>
> So it would be nice if you could just agree to allow the special
> exception, so we can continue using mbed TLS and OpenSSL with OpenVPN.
>

I agree with moving toward Apache license (or some kind of exception), also
I'm fine with dropping mbed TLS for good.


>
> Arne
>
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