Olaf Rempel wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:12:52 +0200
> Christian Haugan Toldnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>at the mo wget cannot use gnutls for ssl.. you have to use openssl...
>>>just that.. 
>>
>>And the problem is that wget is in fact licensed under the GPL, and 
>>cannot leaglly link with openssl. So untill it's fixed, it's broken.
> 
> 
> Found via wikipedia, and also in README of wget-1.10.2 (last break):
> 
> In addition, as a special exception, the Free Software Foundation
> gives permission to link the code of its release of Wget with the
> OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it
> that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute
> the linked executables.  You must obey the GNU General Public License
> in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL".  If you
> modify this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the
> file, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do
> so, delete this exception statement from your version.

Thanks Olaf.. More eyes and so on.. ;)

Any chance this information will make it into the bugzilla? :)


Kind regards


c




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Christian H. Toldnes
Trustix Developer
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