[Pkg-openssl-devel] Why is OpenSSL not in non-free?

[Adrian Bunk]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:23:56PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mercredi 25 février 2009 à 12:46 +0200, Adrian Bunk a écrit :
> > - the 4-clause BSD license with the advertising clause is considered
> >   non-free
> 
> No.

Ah, OK.

Could someone update http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses and 
http://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/ accordingly?

Currently both pages sound as if it the 4-clause BSD licence would not
meet the DFSG.

> Even the FSF considers it free.

The FSF also considers the GFDL with invariant sections as free...

cu
Adrian

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