Re: Fwd: Skrooge requires libqca2-plugin-ossl for saving files

On Friday 12 November 2010, Guillaume DE BURE wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Some friendly guy from Ubuntu tells me I have a licensing issue :
> Skrooge (licensed under the GPL) being linked to QCA OSSL seems to
> require specific notes in the licence.
> 
> Any advice on that ?

There is way too little context information so I have to guess. Also 
IANAL.

Does QCA OSSL use OpenSSL? If yes, then you might have to state 
explicitly for Skrooge: "This program is released under the GPL with the 
additional exemption that compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is 
allowed." or the longer exemption mentioned on 
http://people.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html

I'd go with the latter since it appears to come directly from debian-
legal.


Regards,
Ingo


> ----------  Message transmis  ----------
> 
> Sujet : Re: [User Information] Skrooge requires libqca2-plugin-ossl
> for saving files Date : vendredi 12 novembre 2010, 17:10:28
> De : Rohan Garg <[email protected]>
> À :  Guillaume DE BURE <[email protected]>
> CC :  [email protected]
> 
> Hi
> Please look at [1]
> [1] http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html
> Regards
> Rohan Garg
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Guillaume DE BURE <
> 
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > Le vendredi 12 novembre 2010 14:28:42, [email protected] a écrit 
:
> > > rohangarg sent a message using the contact form at
> > > http://skrooge.org/contact.
> > > 
> > > Hi
> > 
> > Hi Rohan
> > 
> > > When you try and save a file from skrooge and libqca2-plugin-ossl
> > > isnt installed, skrooge complains about saving the file.
> > 
> > Yes, Skrooge needs QCA OSSL for file encryption.
> > 
> > > Since Skrooge is a GPL
> > > project it shouldnt depend on libqca2-plugin-ossl
> > 
> > I'm not sure I understand this part, why is this an issue ? QCA
> > OSSL is released under the LGPL licence...
> > 
> > Guillaume
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Skrooge, a personal finances manager for KDE 4.x
> > http://skrooge.org
> 
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