Re: Openssl license "infectivness" and GPLv2 compatibility

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>>>>> "MH" == Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

MH> 1) Is apcupsd allowed to link against openssl since openssl seems
MH> to be incompatible with GPLv2? [1]

Not without an exception.

MH> 2) Because net-snmp itself is linked against openssl, should not
MH> its license in fact be BSD and MIT and OpenSSL?

Not unless it's statically linked or somehow includes the actual
openssl binary files in the package.

MH> 3) If apcupsd is not allowed to link against openssl, is it
MH> allowed to link against net-snmp which is linked against openssl?

That's probably a legal question, but I'd say no.

 - J<

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