License incompability with new GnuTLS releases

Hello,

lynx can optionally be linked against GnuTLS' openssl
compability
wrapper library. The latest stable relases of GnuTLS (2.2.0)
has a
changed license:

- Main library continues to stay LGPLv2.1+ (the
"+" meaning "or (at
  your option) any later version")

- OpenSSL compability wrapper and PGP support is now GPLv3+
instead of
  GPLv2+.

lynx' license is GPLv2 (without the "or
later"-clause).

Since now lynx and gnutls-openssl license are incompatible
it will not
be possible to distribute binaries of lynx linked against
gnutls-openssl anymore. This is basically the same situation
as with
OpenSSL. I guess changing lynx' license is not feasible due
to huge
number of authors, therefore the only doable only solution I
can think
of is to convert lynx to use GnuTLS' native interface.
cu andreas

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibili
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On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Andreas Metzler wrote:

> Hello,
>
> lynx can optionally be linked against GnuTLS' openssl
compability
> wrapper library. The latest stable relases of GnuTLS
(2.2.0) has a
> changed license:
>
> - Main library continues to stay LGPLv2.1+ (the
"+" meaning "or (at
>  your option) any later version")
>
> - OpenSSL compability wrapper and PGP support is now
GPLv3+ instead of
>  GPLv2+.

indeed (it certainly sounds as if they don't want anyone to
use it)

> lynx' license is GPLv2 (without the "or
later"-clause).
>
> Since now lynx and gnutls-openssl license are
incompatible it will not
> be possible to distribute binaries of lynx linked
against
> gnutls-openssl anymore. This is basically the same
situation as with
> OpenSSL. I guess changing lynx' license is not feasible
due to huge
> number of authors, therefore the only doable only
solution I can think
> of is to convert lynx to use GnuTLS' native interface.

(I'll look into it - thanks 

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On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Thomas Dickey wrote:

>> Since now lynx and gnutls-openssl license are
incompatible it will not
>> be possible to distribute binaries of lynx linked
against
>> gnutls-openssl anymore. This is basically the same
situation as with
>> OpenSSL. I guess changing lynx' license is not
feasible due to huge

Actually it's worse: there are platforms on which lynx
binaries can
be redistributed using OpenSSL; no counterpart seems to
exist for
GNUTLS.

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On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 16:54:55 +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:

> Since now lynx and gnutls-openssl license are
incompatible it will not
> be possible to distribute binaries of lynx linked
against
> gnutls-openssl anymore. This is basically the same
situation as with

Is there any chance we can fix this situation?

In Debian, I got a serious bug with this and stopped to link

against gnutls at present.

Regards,			2008-3-10(Mon)

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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 16:54:55 +0100, Andreas Metzler
wrote:
>
>> Since now lynx and gnutls-openssl license are
incompatible it will not
>> be possible to distribute binaries of lynx linked
against
>> gnutls-openssl anymore. This is basically the same
situation as with
>
> Is there any chance we can fix this situation?

yes (it's higher on my to-do list than the IPV6 command-line
stuff).

>
> In Debian, I got a serious bug with this and stopped to
link
> against gnutls at present.
>
> Regards,			2008-3-10(Mon)
>
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:29:37 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Dickey
wrote:

> yes (it's higher on my to-do list than the IPV6
command-line stuff).

Thanks, I hope it will be fixed in a decent way.

Regards,       	       	  	2008-3-11(Tue)

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THOMAS DICKEY DIXIT:

> ACTUALLY IT'S WORSE: THERE ARE PLATFORMS ON WHICH LYNX
BINARIES CAN
> BE REDISTRIBUTED USING OPENSSL

AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT REMOVE THE ABILITY TO USE OPENSSL€¦

(FOR THE RECORD, CONSIDER ALL MY CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER A BSD
LICENCE.)

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   THE GLARE AND HARMFUL UV (ULTRA-VANITY), AND YOU FEEL
SO-O-O COOL."
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:58:53PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser
wrote:
> Thomas Dickey dixit:
> 
> > Actually it's worse: there are platforms on which
lynx binaries can
> > be redistributed using OpenSSL
> 
> As long as you do not remove the ability to use
OpenSSL…

There's no reason (technical or otherwise) to remove it.
 
> (For the record, consider all my contributions under a
BSD licence.)



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