| From: | Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tyler MacDonald <tyler(at)yi(dot)org> |
| Cc: | freeradius-users(at)lists(dot)freeradius(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>, lmyho <lm_yho(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Allow linking against OpenSSL? (Was Re: Debian |
| Date: | 2006-04-07 22:28:46 |
| Message-ID: | 1144448926.32269.41.camel@state.g2switchworks.com |
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On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 17:24, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
> Greetings FreeRadius people,
>
> This discussion started on the postgresql's "pgsql-general" mailing
> list. The problem here is that the freeradius-postgresql package needs to
> link against libpgsql, which means that it may be indirectly linked against
> openssl. There is a conflict between OpenSSL's BSD license and the GPL which
> means that it's not legal to distribute a copy of GPL code that is linked in
> this way. It appears that several other GPL apps have added a special clause
> to their license that allows them to be linked against OpenSSL.
>
> Could this be done for freeradius/freeradius-postgresql as well?
> This could pave the way towards enhanced freeradius support in Debian,
> specifically the addition of freeradius-postgresql to Debian's mainline.
>
> For your reference, here is the start of the thread on the
> pgsql-general list that got us to this point:
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-04/msg00247.php
Please note that PostgreSQL is NOT GPL, but BSD. Just sayin'
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