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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:57:57 +0100
From: Justin Cormack <justin@...cialbusservice.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: High-priority library replacements?
On 25 Apr 2013 17:52, "Zvi Gilboa" <zg7s@...rvices.virginia.edu> wrote:
>
> On 04/25/2013 08:51 AM, Rich Felker wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 07:44:39AM -0400, LM wrote:
>>>
>>> incompatible licenses. The openssl library can't be used with a GNU
>>> program unless there's a waiver for it because one of the clauses in the
>>> openssl license goes against the GNU license principles. The gnutls
>>
>> Not _used_ but _distributed_. The GPL does not restrict use
>> whatsoever (and takes the position that it legally can't do so) so
>> it's fine to use OpenSSL with GPL programs as long as you don't
>> distribute the resulting binary. This is of course a problem for
>> package maintainers/distributions, and distributing both openssl and
>> the GNU program and a script to link them together might even be seen
>> as an infringing activity.
>
>
> What about explicitly loading the library at run-time using uselib(2) in
a plug-in like fashion? Is that also considered problematic from a GNU
perspective?
There is some disagreement about this and it depends what you distribute.
See here http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/548216/731f7ad0abe52f40/
Justin
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