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

Hmm, after reading the GPL, I'm not sure where I should put the exception. I know it has to be in the COPYING file, but where in that file ? Any recommendation for this ?

Thanks again,

Guillaume

Le samedi 13 novembre 2010 14:39:42, Ingo Klöcker a écrit :
> 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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> 
> 

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