License clarifications
Florian Weimer <[email protected]>
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It seems that Cryptlib's license is not GPL-compatible at all, despite what the web site says: the bignum implementation is licensed under the OpenSSL license, which is considered GPL-incompatible for historic reasons (it's similar to the four-clause BSD license). Apparently, the Sleepycat license was amended to clarify its application to SaaS configurations, in the spirit of the Affero GPL. The GPL, version 3, requires that licensees are permitted to redistribute covered works to SaaS providers and subcontractors, provided that the recipients do not receive any rights under copyright. With a broad interpretation of redistribution, the Sleepycat license would not allow this and thus constitute a further restriction, making it incompatible with the GPLv3. (This is a defect in the GPLv3, which is no longer a strong copyleft license.) I don't think those licensing aspects are that important because we're still covered by the free license, but perhaps it's possible to clarify the licensing situation in some way. -- Florian Weimer <[email protected]> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 _______________________________________________ Cryptlib mailing list [email protected] via Mail: [email protected] Archive: ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/crypt/cryptlib/archives/ http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.cryptlib Posts from non-subscribed addresses are blocked to prevent spam, please subscribe in order to post messages.