Release 1.1.1 TODO

Alan DeKok aland at ox.org
Fri Feb 10 18:48:45 CET 2006


Nicolas Baradakis <nbk at sitadelle.com> wrote:
> Perhaps it's not a problem with the GPL, but with OpenSSL license
> itself. In such case it'd be no use to update the FreeRADIUS
> license. (unless we change it completely)

  I think it's that the OpenSSL advertising clauses are annoying.  I
dunno...

> I also have concerns about a license modification. If we stick to a
> plain GPL license we are in a very common situation, and it is clear
> when a company asks how it could contribute, and when a licence
> violation occurs. (we also can ask the FSF for assistance as we
> are GPL)

  Uh, no.  The FSF supports people who've assigned copyright to the
FSF.  They're not as enthusiastic about supporting other people.

> In short, I prefer a lot a debian patch for gnuTLS than a license
> modification. As gnuTLS has an OpenSSL compatibility layer, perhaps
> it's not hard to do.

  Sure.  I have no objection to that.

  Alan DeKok.




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