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List:       kmail-devel
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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bastian@kde.org -=|[ SuSE, The Linux Desktop Experts ]|=- bastian@suse.com
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