Stephen Smalley wrote: <snip>
Wondering if dependency on openssl might be a license issue for Debian or others. Apparently openssl license is considered GPL-incompatible [1] [2], and obviously libselinux is linked by a variety of GPL-licensed programs. Fedora seems to view this as falling under the system library exception [3] but not clear that other distributions would view it that way. On the other hand, using gnutls would be subject to the reverse problem; it would make libselinux depend on a LGPL library, and that could create issues for non-GPL programs that statically link libselinux. We might need to revert this change and revisit how to solve this in a manner that avoids such issues.
LGPL explicitly allows non-GPL programs to link against an LGPL licensed library without tainting the non-GPL program, which is the whole point of the LGPL. Is there some other issue with static linking or something?
[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#OpenSSL [2] https://people.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:FAQ?rd=Licensing/FAQ#What.27s_the_deal_with_the_OpenSSL_license.3F) _______________________________________________ Selinux mailing list Selinux@tycho.nsa.gov To unsubscribe, send email to selinux-le...@tycho.nsa.gov. To get help, send an email containing "help" to selinux-requ...@tycho.nsa.gov.
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