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Date:      Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:15:45 -0500
From:      GH <grasshacker@over-yonder.net>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: convert libgmp to a port?
Message-ID:  <20010621171545.A34262@over-yonder.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010621214046.7A3363808@overcee.netplex.com.au>; from peter@wemm.org on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 02:40:46PM -0700
References:  <20010621155809.A34073@over-yonder.net> <20010621214046.7A3363808@overcee.netplex.com.au>

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*snip*
> No.  We are talking about removing a GPL infected library from the base
> tree that is used by a couple of utterly performance irrelevant utilities
> and making these couple of utilities (secure-rpc key generation tools)
> use the OpenSSL bignum API - where OpenSSL has a BSD-style license.
> 
> This has absolutely no effect on openssl at all.
> 
> > Really? This hardly seems like a good idea.
> 
> No.  We can't plug libgmp into openssl anyway due to GPL infection and the
> resulting license conflicts.  openssl *explicitly* may not be distributed
> under GPL.  And building libgmp into openssl would require exactly that.
*snip*

Oh, I see.
Nevermind then, sounds good. (Somehow I missed the libgmp<->GPL
relationship.)

gh

(Apologies to the CC's who didn't need this aside.)

> Cheers,
> -Peter
> --
> Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
> "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
> 

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