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diff --git a/debian/copyright.more b/debian/copyright.more deleted file mode 100644 index b7ac36bc9fa..00000000000 --- a/debian/copyright.more +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ -# -# Some random bits of interest. -# - -# -# Arjen about OpenSSL -# -http://bugs.mysql.com/?id=6924 -Updated by: Arjen Lentz -Date: 2005-11-05 - -Linking with the client library is covered by the FLOSS exception which -includes OpenSSL now. So that's clean. Indeed, the OpenSSL is not -compliant with the FSF free software guidelines, however it *is* -compliant with the OSI guidelines. And that's good enough for us. -Christian is correct in saying that the author of a GPL app that links -with MySQL may find themselves in a licensing headache (or may not -realize that OpenSSL is involved) but that is their responsibility. -The MySQL client can be linked with a number of other licenses, it -would not be feasible for MySQL to take over the responsibility for -"the next level" of how combinations of licenses work out. There are -too many possibilities, and combinations of more just 2 licenses. - - -# -# Steve Langasek about OpenSSL vs libmysqlclient -# -Subject: Bug#291945: eleventh-hour transition for mysql-using packages related to apache -Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:39:58 -0800 -From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> - -> > > > that's great to hear! i'm cc'ing the relevant wishlist bug i have open -> > > > against mysql-server. christian: any chance of getting an openssl enabled -> > > > version of the mysql-client and mysql-server packages? - -> > > Yes, I will re-enable openssl in the next upload. - -> > Please make sure this does not introduce an openssl dependency to -> > libmysqlclient itself; just because MySQL AB have granted a license -> > exception for OpenSSL does not mean everyone who links to libmysqlclient -> > has done so. - -> > I know of at least one GPL-without-exception package that is now using -> > libmysqlclient12 in Debian. - -> Nice, so we should check that any linked GPL library directly (obviuolsy) or -> indirectly (with N=1,2,3... levels of indirection) linked against -> openssl adds the exception. - -No, we should simply not be linking libmysqlclient against OpenSSL. The -exemption was needed because there exists software that uses both -libmysqlclient and libssl, but making libmysqlclient itself use libssl just -because we now have the exemption will cause licensing problems for -applications which currently do *not* depend on libssl. - -> This is a great reason to move asap all possible programs to gnutls, -> indeed. - -There are plenty of reasons to move software to gnutls, but doing so is -non-trivial. |