(forw) Re: [cl-plus-ssl-devel] Fwd: Re: Bug#394161: ITP: cl-plus-ssl -- A simple Common Lisp interface to OpenSSL

[David Lichteblau]

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From: Jochen Schmidt <js at codeartist.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:25:55 +0100
To: David Lichteblau <david at lichteblau.com>
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Subject: Re: [cl-plus-ssl-devel] Fwd: Re: Bug#394161: ITP: cl-plus-ssl -- A simple Common Lisp interface to OpenSSL


Am 16.01.2007 um 12:43 schrieb David Lichteblau:

>Hi Jochen,
>
>Quoting David Lichteblau (david at lichteblau.com):
>>Quoting Peter Van Eynde (cl-debian at pvaneynd.mailworks.org):
>>>I've created a debian package of cl-plus-ssl and while filing the  
>>>ITP I got
>>>the attached comment. In short: the position held by the ftp  
>>>maintainers of
>>>debian is that a normal GPL'ed program cannot be linked with
>>>openssl. If you want to do this you have to add a clause to the
>>>license permitting linking with openssl.
>>Eric Marsden and Jochen Schmidt probably do not read this list.  You
>>would have to wait what they say.  While you are at it, you might  
>>want
>>to ask them whether relicensing directly to a BSD-style license isn't
>>perhaps easier and clearer than "Lesser GPL plus Lisp preamble plus
>>OpenSSL preamble" (eeks).
>
>Eric has agreed to relicense CL+SSL to an MIT-style license.
>Is that okay with you?

I've absolutely no problems with that. :-)

ciao,
Jochen

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