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OpenSSL 3.0.0 released

OpenSSL 3.0.0 released

Posted Sep 7, 2021 18:45 UTC (Tue) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
In reply to: OpenSSL 3.0.0 released by joib
Parent article: OpenSSL 3.0.0 released

Many people (myself included) believe it is incompatible, and many projects acknowledge it as such. There are relatively few GPLv2-only projects out there. Any GPLv3 project is compatible, any v2-or-later project is compatible (though I *completely* understand the aversion to "or later" licensing), and I think energy spent on arguing for the compatibility of v2 with Apache-2.0 would be better spent relicensing projects to v3 or v2-and-v3, or if absolutely necessary, v2 with an exception for Apache-2.0.

Also, the Linux kernel has already made arrangements with several authors of crypto code in OpenSSL to use that code under more permissive licensing that's GPLv2-compatible. Such arrangements may work for other GPLv2 projects that need specific bits.


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