[Pkg-citadel-devel] Package cleanup

[w.goesgens]

>Do Feb 28 2008 14:07:08 CET von Michael Meskes an
>pkg-citadel-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org 
>Betreff: [Pkg-citadel-devel] Package cleanup
>
>Hi there,
>
>I just committed some minor patches to quiet lintian. However, I noticed
>one severe problem:
>
>W: citadel-server: possible-gpl-code-linked-with-openssl
>N:
>N:   This package appears to be covered by the GNU GPL but depends on the
>N:   OpenSSL libssl package and does not mention a license exemption or
>N:   exception for OpenSSL in its copyright file. The GPL (including
>N:   version 3) is incompatible with some terms of the OpenSSL license, and
>N:   therefore Debian does not allow GPL-licensed code linked with OpenSSL
>N:   libraries unless there is a license exception explicitly permitting
>N:   this.
>N:
>
>What do we do with this one? I do not really agree with this point of
>view as I think a copyright holder cannot break his own copyright, but
>with this being an acceptance problem we have to fix it to get the
>packages into the archive.
>
>



Is there a Source to borrow the legalese from to solve this problem? It will
be accepted by the citadel team.

 

Wilfried Goesgens
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