From 8eed56c21ca5bbdf3c00aaf74d807bcad8713ba9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 22:43:34 +0200 Subject: Note OpenSSL 3.0.0 support and licensing change. While here, rearrange COPYING a little bit and add a few paragraphs. Zeilen, --- COPYING | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'COPYING') diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index c778d257..7499e673 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3