Clarification on a few points

Posted Feb 1, 2012 0:27 UTC (Wed) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
In reply to: Clarification on a few points by BrucePerens
Parent article: Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement

Considering how much pain the OpenSSL advertising clause has caused, I'd love to hear the details on that particular issue. Could you point to any details on what happened to Eric Young 20 years ago?

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Clarification on a few points

Posted Feb 1, 2012 0:40 UTC (Wed) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link] (2 responses)

Eric was compelled to sign an agreement that he not touch the software again. He might be able to say why today, or not. I've not heard from him in a long time.

Clarification on a few points

Posted Feb 1, 2012 4:16 UTC (Wed) by josh (subscriber, #17465) [Link] (1 responses)

Ouch. I take it that "not touch the software again" also includes "give permission to relicense the software"?

Clarification on a few points

Posted Feb 1, 2012 4:36 UTC (Wed) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link]

Yes. Eric appears to still be with RSA although his blog is gone.

Clarification on a few points

Posted Feb 1, 2012 0:44 UTC (Wed) by nwnk (guest, #52271) [Link] (1 responses)

Eric got hired by RSA, who sold a product that directly competed with SSLeay, and who aren't the most open-source friendly people in the world. Since then the license to his code has not changed. I don't know whether that's Eric's choice or RSA's or somewhere in between, but it's sort of academic.

Clarification on a few points

Posted Feb 1, 2012 0:52 UTC (Wed) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link]

I suspect that it's more that RSA bought his company than that he just got hired. But you'd have to ask him.