Re: Allow linking against OpenSSL? (Was Re: Debian

On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 17:24, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
> Greetings FreeRadius people,
>
>     This discussion started on the postgresql's "pgsql-general" mailing
> list. The problem here is that the freeradius-postgresql package needs to
> link against libpgsql, which means that it may be indirectly linked against
> openssl. There is a conflict between OpenSSL's BSD license and the GPL which
> means that it's not legal to distribute a copy of GPL code that is linked in
> this way. It appears that several other GPL apps have added a special clause
> to their license that allows them to be linked against OpenSSL.
>
>     Could this be done for freeradius/freeradius-postgresql as well?
> This could pave the way towards enhanced freeradius support in Debian,
> specifically the addition of freeradius-postgresql to Debian's mainline.
>
>     For your reference, here is the start of the thread on the
> pgsql-general list that got us to this point:
>
>     http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-04/msg00247.php

Please note that PostgreSQL is NOT GPL, but BSD.  Just sayin'