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Subject: Re: KSSL based S/MIME plugin available
From: Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date: 2003-05-17 4:50:49
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On Saturday 17 May 2003 00:12, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> As this isn't a KMail specific problem (kssl is in kdelibs/kio) and as
> kde-licensing has vanished (at least
> http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo doesn't know anything about this
> mailing list) I move this discussion to kde-core-devel.
>
> Is there a license problem with OpenSSL or not?
OpenSSL comes with advertisement clauses that might cause problems yes:
"3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
* must display the following acknowledgement:
* "This product includes cryptographic software written by
* Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)"
and
* 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
* software must display the following acknowledgment:
* "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
* for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)"
One could be of the opinion that this puts a legal obligation on applications
like e.g. KMail. The question whether KMail is a derived work of OpenSSL is
irrelevant in that respect since the license only speaks of "use of this
software". I think it's the opinion of the FSF that such additional
obligation is incompatible with the GPL.
Cheers,
Waldo
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