Bug#541819: GPL-licensed programs link to OpenSSL
Osamu Aoki
osamuaoki at e01.itscom.net
Thu May 5 14:15:08 UTC 2016
Hi,
As for https://bugs.debian.org/541819 , can we check if it is still
problem. In short, Jakub raises issue for uscan and bts.
As for uscan, I see the changelog:
| devscripts (2.13.5) unstable; urgency=low
|
| [ James McCoy ]
| ...
| * uscan:
| ...
| + Require LWP::Protocol::https instead of Crypt::SSLeay to access https
| sites. (Closes: #624317)
| ...
| -- James McCoy <jamessan at debian.org> Wed, 04 Dec 2013 22:27:45 -0500
LWP is provided by libwww-perl which is Artistic or GPL-1+.
As for bts, it uses Net::SMTP::SSL since 2008-06 and it is provided by
the libnet-smtp-ssl-perl package which is Artistic or GPL-1+.
So as far as the direct dependency, both are OK even from Jakub's POV.
Can anyone tip in to evaluate this situation?
Regards,
Osamu
PS: I am more or less with Christoph's point that the license
incompatibility for SSLeay is not an issue for perl programs at all.
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