Re: [Gnu-arch-users] arch + webdav + https ?

[Thom May]

* Miles Bader (address@hidden) wrote :
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 09:07:08AM +0100, Jan Hudec wrote:
> > Look at the wiki (gnuarch.org). It says that HTTPS support is disabled
> > in the configure script. It says that the reason is legal -- OpenSSL
> > license is incompatible with GPL (It's a BSD-style license).
> 
> The (normal 3 clause) BSD license is _not_ incompatibile with the GPL.
> 
> Maybe there's some weird import/export restriction worry?  That was the
> traditional reason why encryption code got treated with kid gloves, but I
> thought that stuff had all been lifted recently...
> 
The OpenSSL library is based off of SSLeay, which means (under SSLeay's
license) it has to keep SSLeay's licensing terms, which are more or less
specifically GPL incompatible:
 * The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or
 * derivative of this code cannot be changed.  i.e. this code cannot simply be
 * copied and put under another distribution licence
 * [including the GNU Public Licence.]

Of course, a GPL app can just make a specific exception to the
incompatability.
-Thom