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Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk)
Fri, 08 Jan 1999 10:44:23 +0000
Anonymous wrote:
>
> Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > o The OpenSSL project's code will be published under an Open Source license.
> > This license will apply only to the modifications made by the OpenSSL team
> > and contributors. Eric's original license will apply to the underlying
> > SSLeay code base.
>
> The SSLeay license would seem to explicitely prohibit that ("The
> licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or
> derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot
> simply be copied and put under another distribution licence [including
> the GNU Public Licence.]"). Would you care to clarifiy whether this is
> being done with the permission of the copyright holder?
We will not be changing that license - we will be adding an additional
license that applies to our modifications only. Hence the modified code
will be distributed under both licenses.
Cheers,
Ben.
-- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:02