Re: Compatibility of GPLv2 and Apache v2 (OpenSSL again)

2018-12-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 2:53 AM Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > On December 7, 2018 6:34:39 PM UTC, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > >It was a long ongoing process. > >The news is that it seems to have finally come to an end... This appears to be the commit where it happened:

Re: Compatibility of GPLv2 and Apache v2 (OpenSSL again)

2018-12-07 Thread Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
On December 7, 2018 6:34:39 PM UTC, Francesco Poli wrote: >On Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:04:22 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: >This has already been mentioned in the past: >https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2015/09/msg1.html > >It was a long ongoing process. >The news is that it seems to have finally

Re: Compatibility of GPLv2 and Apache v2 (OpenSSL again)

2018-12-07 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:04:22 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: > Sebastian Andrzej Siewior writes: [...] > > So this is true for series 1.1.1 and earlier. The master branch will be > > released as 3.0 and some point. So we have some time to clarify this > > :) > > Ah, so this is not a change that has

Re: Compatibility of GPLv2 and Apache v2 (OpenSSL again)

2018-12-06 Thread Ben Finney
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior writes: > Yes and my understanding is that every GPLv2 software, that links > against openssl, needs such an addon. The alternative being that the resulting work is not legally redistributable (because the terms of both GPLv2 and the OpenSSL license cannot be

Re: Compatibility of GPLv2 and Apache v2 (OpenSSL again)

2018-12-06 Thread Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Ben Finney writes: >Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[hidden email]> writes: > >> Clamav for instance has this piece: > >Right. That piece is not part of any version of the GPL; it is an >additional clause in the grant for recipients of that specific work >(ClamAV). Yes and my understanding is

Re: Compatibility of GPLv2 and Apache v2 (OpenSSL again)

2018-12-04 Thread Ben Finney
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior writes: > GPL software has an exception clause in order to link against OpenSSL > which has the advertising clause. This appears to be a statement that any work licensed under GNU GPL has such an exception. That is not true, to my knowledge. > Clamav for instance has

Compatibility of GPLv2 and Apache v2 (OpenSSL again)

2018-12-04 Thread Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Hi, GPL software has an exception clause in order to link against OpenSSL which has the advertising clause. Clamav for instance has this piece: | In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give | permission to link the code of portions of this program with the | OpenSSL library