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PostgreSQL, OpenSSL, and the GPL

PostgreSQL, OpenSSL, and the GPL

Posted Feb 16, 2011 21:07 UTC (Wed) by foom (subscriber, #14868)
In reply to: PostgreSQL, OpenSSL, and the GPL by josh
Parent article: PostgreSQL, OpenSSL, and the GPL

GnuTLS's openssl layer is even worse license-wise: that's under the GPL! (not LGPL).


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PostgreSQL, OpenSSL, and the GPL

Posted Feb 16, 2011 21:18 UTC (Wed) by josh (subscriber, #17465) [Link]

That wouldn't pose any problem for the various GPL code that currently links to OpenSSL and adds a license exception (or worse, doesn't).

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