LibreSSL languishes on Linux

Posted Jan 5, 2021 4:18 UTC (Tue) by pabs (subscriber, #43278)
In reply to: LibreSSL languishes on Linux by Sesse
Parent article: LibreSSL languishes on Linux

Do people pay attention to GPL compatibility for OpenSSL? Fedora declared it a "system library" in order to ignore the incompatibility and Debian is now doing that too.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2020/10/msg00165.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2020/10/msg00168.html

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LibreSSL languishes on Linux

Posted Jan 5, 2021 7:41 UTC (Tue) by edomaur (subscriber, #14520) [Link] (1 responses)

Well, OpenSSL *is* a system library. It would be strange if it wasn't the case with its somewhat central status in connection security.

LibreSSL languishes on Linux

Posted Jan 5, 2021 7:44 UTC (Tue) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link]

The system library exception isn't meant to be used in the way that Linux distros are using it, even one of RedHat's lawyers called Fedora's use of it "obviously bogus":

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2020/10/msg00168.html