On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 10:26:35AM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
> Well, Alan DeKok, the creator of freeradius, has said that he has no
> problem altering the license, but other contributors to the project have
> raised some concerns. I guess we'll just wait and see how it all pans out.
> One interesting point came up on the freeradius-users list; we should also
> be discussing this with the OpenSSL people to see if they're willing to
> remove the advertising clause from their license. I've subscribed to the
> OpenSSL list to ask about this but havent posted anything yet.
To save you some time: this has been rehashed on the OpenSSL lists and
the conclusion is basically:
1. It's not a problem, it's the GPLs problem
2. It doesn't appear they can change the licence for some reason
We are not the first people to run into this, nor will we be the last.
The only long term solution is to use GnuTLS instead which doesn't have
these issues (it's straight LGPL). This is something postgresql can and
would solve the problem entirely.
These links may be helpful.
[1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssl-users&m=97417764222228&w=2
[2] http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#LEGAL2
[3] http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/200108/msg00120.html
Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.