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| author | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2021-09-13 22:43:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2021-09-13 23:00:47 +0200 |
| commit | 8eed56c21ca5bbdf3c00aaf74d807bcad8713ba9 (patch) | |
| tree | 22824f825892beffc8a046d6b631a1587f59afd4 /COPYING | |
| parent | fded2be1a60cacde4459f1b7193dfb803d9c3605 (diff) | |
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Note OpenSSL 3.0.0 support and licensing change.
While here, rearrange COPYING a little bit and add a few paragraphs.
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@@ -5,12 +5,30 @@ Copyright (C) 2004 Matthias Andree, Eric S. Raymond, Copyright (C) 2005 - 2012 Sunil Shetye Copyright (C) 2005 - 2021 Matthias Andree -If enabled at configure/compile time, the following clause applies: +Some older portions not explicitly mentioned above are copyrighted by +Carl E. Harris, George M. Sipe, Graham Wilson, Matthias Andree and Sunil Shetye. + + +SSL library considerations +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +If linking against OpenSSL versions under dual OpenSSL/SSLeay license (f. i. +OpenSSL 1.1.1x and older) is enabled at configure/compile time, the +following clause applies: | This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project | for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/) -Some older portions not explicitly mentioned above are copyrighted by -Carl E. Harris, George M. Sipe, Graham Wilson, Matthias Andree and Sunil Shetye. +Specific permission is granted for the GPLed code in this distribution to +be linked to OpenSSL without invoking GPL clause 2(b). + +Note that this permission applies to OpenSSL, and OpenSSL only. + + +If linking against OpenSSL versions licensed under the Apache License version +2.0 (for instance, OpenSSL 3.0.x), note that this library is incompatible with +the GPLv2, so that effectively, distributors need to pull the "or any later version" +grant in the GPLv2 and apply the GPLv3 which is considered compatible with the +Apache License 2.0 by the FSF and the ASF. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The support for SMB authentication is copyright by Andrew Tridgell and is under GPL version 2 (or any later version). Andrew Tridgell has @@ -56,9 +74,6 @@ Project, see the respective file headers for details. All other code in the distribution incorporates the copy of GPL version 2 below by reference. -Specific permission is granted for the GPLed code in this distribution to -be linked to OpenSSL without invoking GPL clause 2(b). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 |