BSD/GPL/LGPL and OpenSSL

2008-06-05 Thread Vincent Danjean
Hi, I would like to be sure to fully understand compatibility between all these licenses. I (will) package softwares that currently link with openssl. Uptream did not know about these problems but I think it will take all the necessary steps. [I already read several documents such as

Re: BSD/GPL/LGPL and OpenSSL

2008-06-05 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 05 juin 2008 à 18:02 +0200, Vincent Danjean a écrit : * LGPL+ssl (LGPL with OpenSSL clause) There is no need for an OpenSSL exception for a LGPL-licensed work. What I'm thinking with a program that links with 2 libraries: NOT valid: progA[GPL]{libssl} valid:

Re: BSD/GPL/LGPL and OpenSSL

2008-06-05 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Thu Jun 05 18:02, Vincent Danjean wrote: What I'm thinking with a program that links with 2 libraries: NOT valid: progA[GPL]{libssl} if this is not valid then neither is: valid: progA[GPL+ssl]{libssl,libB[GPL]} here you are linking libssl and libB[GPL] into the same process so the