Re: libgnutls-openssl and real openssl conflict

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

>>   However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not
>> include 
>>   anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the 
>>   major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on 
>>   which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the 
>>   executable.
>> 
>> Thus, we're not concerned about OpenSSL and GPL incompatibility.
>> 
>
> Erm what about the "unless that component itself accompanies the
> executable." part, when we put openssl and a using app together on a CD does 
> that not count as "accompanies the executable"? 

It clearly does, and we've previously enforced this exact policy based on advice
that shipping them together would cause a problem.

Alan