[debian-mysql] Bug#761911: mariadb-server-core-5.5: MariaDB lacks documentation of OpenSSL exception to GPL

[Clint Byrum]

Package: mariadb-server-core-5.5
Version: 5.5.39-2
Severity: normal

OpenSSL cannot be linked to from GPL code without the authors providing
an exception to clause 6 of the GPL, since the OpenSSL license imposes
restrictions incompatible with the GPL. This is why MySQL does not link
against OpenSSL.

CYaSSL was recently accepted into Debian unstable, and is available for
use as a standard shared library. MariaDB should build and link against
that, as it is GPL compatible, or the license exception should be
documented in debian/copyright.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers trusty-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'trusty-updates'), (500, 'trusty-security'), (500, 'trusty'), (100, 'trusty-backports')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash