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List:       openbsd-advocacy
Subject:    Re: Request clarification on OpenBSD license
From:       William Boshuck <boshuk () math ! mcgill ! ca>
Date:       2008-10-29 12:41:02
Message-ID: 20081029124102.GA9902 () prism ! math ! mcgill ! ca
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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:12:19AM +0530, Rajasri Venkatachalam Kanthavar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The OpenSSL site states " The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under an
> Apache-style licence, which basically means that you are free to get and use
> it for commercial and non-commercial purposes subject to some simple license
> conditions."
> 
> It also has a link http://www.openssl.org/source/license.html which states "
> The OpenSSL toolkit stays under a dual license, i.e. both the conditions of
> the OpenSSL License and the original SSLeay license apply to the toolkit.
> See below for the actual license texts. Actually both licenses are BSD-style
> Open Source licenses. In case of any license issues related to OpenSSL
> please contact openssl-core@openssl.org "
> 
> Since it says that the licenses are "BSD-style open source licenses", I was
> under the belief that the Open BSD license applies. Are you saying that this
> is incorrect?

Were I you I would read the licenses in the foregoing URL
and compare them with, e.g., /usr/share/misc/license.template
(if there is any such thing as "the" OpenBSD license, I
suppose that would be it).  Doing so would answer your
question lickety split.

cheers,
-wb

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