On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 19:31, Douglas McNaught wrote: > Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >> I don't feel it's a questionable reading of the GPL at all. In fact, > >> it's pretty clear and I'm about 99% sure the FSF has commented on this > >> as well. It's true that it's unlikely anyone would actually sue Debian > >> over it but that doesn't somehow change what the licenses say. > >> Additionally, I think supporting GNUTLS would be a good thing for > >> Postgres to do even without this issue. I'd also like to see it support > >> SASL and a k5login-style user-controllable mapping. > > > > So, do GPL have this problem linking against OpenSSL as well? > > Yes, that's why GPL apps like Exim and Courier have explicit license > clauses permitting it. So, it's freeradius that needs the exception then, right?
