openssl097a package retirement

Bill Nottingham notting at redhat.com
Mon Nov 12 16:54:06 UTC 2007


Rex Dieter (rdieter at math.unl.edu) said: 
> > Is there any reason not to patch the source to simply link against
> > libssl instead ?
> 
> These dlopen hacks are often used for licensing compatibility (e.g. openssl
> being gpl-incompatible).

To push any license violations on to the user instead of the distributor?
Cute. Why not just add an exception to your license?

Bill




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