Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com> writes:
>> I don't feel it's a questionable reading of the GPL at all. In fact,
>> it's pretty clear and I'm about 99% sure the FSF has commented on this
>> as well. It's true that it's unlikely anyone would actually sue Debian
>> over it but that doesn't somehow change what the licenses say.
>> Additionally, I think supporting GNUTLS would be a good thing for
>> Postgres to do even without this issue. I'd also like to see it support
>> SASL and a k5login-style user-controllable mapping.
>
> So, do GPL have this problem linking against OpenSSL as well?
Yes, that's why GPL apps like Exim and Courier have explicit license
clauses permitting it.
-Doug