Re: [lwip-devel] SSL-Library (was: Re: [lwip-commits] [SCM] UNNAMED PROJECT branch, ppp-new, updated. aa2656cb9e8f6cdd7921fc36d5e00060065058a4)

[Sylvain Rochet]

Hi Simon,


On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 07:37:56AM +0200, Simon Goldschmidt wrote:
> 
> There is a "FOSS License Exception" on the PolarSSL website which 
> might apply to us, as long as we don't add other GPL code.

I don't think so:

"Integration of PolarSSL in commercial software, while adhering to the 
Open Source license terms and choosing not to support PolarSSL"

FOSS License Exception:

"If you have a project that conforms to the above examples, but you ..."
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


> I respect that people write GPL code, but my company wouldn't allow to 
> use such code. I guess we'd pay the license fee, too, if we needed SSL 
> or PPP+MSCHAP.

Yup, same here.


> Being like that, why don't we add the OpenBSD DES implementation for 
> now (even if it is bloated) and make it easy to switch to PolarSSL? 
> Without adding the code to our repository, everyone is free to chose 
> the license that fits.

I like the idea, will do.   Oh No! More Lemmings^WMacro :-)


Sylvain

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