Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:28:40 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: UnitedLinux violating GPL? |
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On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 12:51:52PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > openssl is only compiled as a module in released kernels, so it is similar to > the PPP BSD compression module.
It compiles parts of openssl which explicitly have a license that conflicts with the GPL when CONFIG_PPP=y. The bsd_comp stuff was only compilable as module.
> In the current version the copyright note in es7000.[ch] reads: > > * Copyright (c) 2002 Unisys Corporation. All Rights Reserved. > * > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > * under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as > * published by the Free Software Foundation. > * > * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but > * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > * > * Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it is > * free of the rightful claim of any third person regarding infringement
> * or the like. Any license provided herein, whether implied or > * otherwise, applies only to this software file. Patent licenses, if > * any, provided herein do not apply to combinations of this program with > * other software, or any other product whatsoever.
I don't think this clause is GPL-compliant. But I'm not a lawyer, so..
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