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Matej Vela

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:47 am
Post subject: GPLv3 compatible with OpenSSL?
Archived from groups: linux>debian>legal (more info?)

Hi,

Is GPLv3 compatible with the OpenSSL license? According to Wikipedia [1],
the OpenSSL license clauses that were problematic for GPLv2...

3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
software must display the following acknowledgment:
"This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)"

6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following
acknowledgment:
"This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)"

might be permitted by GPLv3 section 7:

Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, for material you
add to a covered work, you may (if authorized by the copyright holders of
that material) supplement the terms of this License with terms:

b) Requiring preservation of specified reasonable legal notices or
author attributions in that material or in the Appropriate Legal
Notices displayed by works containing it; or

d) Limiting the use for publicity purposes of names of licensors or
authors of the material; or

e) Declining to grant rights under trademark law for use of some
trade names, trademarks, or service marks; or

The reason I'm asking is ossec-hids [2], a GPLv3 package that includes
some (probably replaceable) OpenSSL code.

[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSL#License_incompatibilities>
[2] <http://www.ossec.net/>

Thanks,

Matej


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