Re: libofx license

On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 10:55 +0100, Martin Preuss wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tuesday 31 October 2006 19:48, Benoit Grégoire wrote:
> > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 02:55, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> [...]
> > In this specific case, where there is a mature, full featured and widely
> > available alternative (GnuTLS, which even has an OpenSSL compatibility
> > layer), I simply cannot see a reason to make an exception.
> [...]
> 
> GnuTLS is not a full replacement for OpenSSL: OpenSSL contains much more (e.g. 
> libcrypto, ASN library etc). So even with its compatibility layer you can't 
> just replace OpenSSL by GnuTLS, you would also have to replace the crypto 
> stuff (e.g. by GCrypt, but that library has a completely different API so we 
> would have to rewrite our crypto stuff in AqBanking/Gwenhywfar).
> 
> Of course I respect your opinion but I don't quite see how not granting the 
> licence exeption does help development of Open Source software... As it seems 
> it currently hinders the distribution of precompiled packages which could use 
> LibOFX but are prevented from doing so due to the lack of this exception...

For what it's worth, I agree with Martin.  If the goal is to harmonize
licenses and make things more compatable, I think that goal is furthered
by agreeing to this request...Rather than making a stand against a
distasteful license.

It probably doesn't help, but for any code that I've contributed, I'd be
happy to relicense in this fashion.

</Ace>

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