Re: monit: GPL and OpenSSL..

2003-04-23 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 12:42:16PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: This program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed. Would this be sufficient for Debian? The above doesn't actually add anything to the

monit: GPL and OpenSSL..

2003-04-22 Thread Fredrik Steen
Hi, One of the packages I maintain is monit[0], they now have a long awaited feature using SSL. I have read that GPL and OpenSSL is not compatible and have been mailing with the developers of monit. They asked if was okay for Debian to add add this to the license: This program is released

Re: monit: GPL and OpenSSL..

2003-04-22 Thread Brian M. Carlson
On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 01:46:18PM +0200, Fredrik Steen wrote: Hi, One of the packages I maintain is monit[0], they now have a long awaited feature using SSL. I have read that GPL and OpenSSL is not compatible and have You are correct. OpenSSL has an advertising clause which is incompatible

Re: monit: GPL and OpenSSL..

2003-04-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 01:46:18PM +0200, Fredrik Steen wrote: One of the packages I maintain is monit[0], they now have a long awaited feature using SSL. I have read that GPL and OpenSSL is not compatible and have been mailing with the developers of monit. They asked if was okay for Debian to

Re: monit: GPL and OpenSSL..

2003-04-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 03:23:44PM +, Brian M. Carlson wrote: been mailing with the developers of monit. They asked if was okay for Debian to add add this to the license: This program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that compiling, linking, and/or using

Re: monit: GPL and OpenSSL..

2003-04-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 12:42:16PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: The above doesn't actually add anything to the rights already granted by the GPL. The specific permission that's missing is *redistribution* of binaries linked against OpenSSL, so that's what their exemption needs to say. Ah,