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

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Hello!

The copyright file at
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-mysql/mariadb-5.5.git/tree/debian/copyright
already includes in the comment a paragraph about "FOSS License
Exception" and on line 111 OpenSSL is specifically mentioned.

This is perhaps the wrong format?

Is this bug report a reminder to yourself to look at the issue some
day (you have commit rights to the repo and you are the author of the
above mentioned paragraph) or do you want me to do something? I am
happy to help, I am not just sure what I am expected to do here.


Should I add to line 134 the parapraph below?
**
 On Debian based systems the full text of the GNU General Public License version
 2 can be found in the file `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2`.
 .
 In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
 permission to link the code of portions of this program with the
 OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it
 that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute
 the linked executables.  You must obey the GNU General Public License
 in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL".  If you
 modify this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the
 file, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do
 so, delete this exception statement from your version.
**

About cyassl: I am working on it to find out the correct "-DWITH_SSL=" syntax.