Re: TODO: GNU TLS

* Andrew Dunstan (andrew@dunslane.net) wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >Keep in mind in most cases OpenSSL is already part of the operating
> >system, unless you are using Win32.
>
> My understanding is that the Debian people are saying the exception for
> libraries shipped with the OS does NOT apply to *other* libraries or
> programs that are shipped with the OS and linked to that library.

This is kind of the flip-side of what I just said but is also correct,
in it's own way.  In the end Debian doesn't feel the shipped-with-the-OS
exception in the GPL can apply.

> (No, it doesn't make much sense to me either)

Well, the GPL does say:

---
with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the
operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component
itself accompanies the executable.
---

The 'unless that component itself accompanies the executable' bit would
be the problem for distributors who ship the whole thing as one OS.
Thanks,
    Stephen