Can pidgin work with openssl?

[Jeff Sadowski]

I hate licensing issues. Isn't there some magical wand we can wave to
make these kind of issue go away?

On 8/16/07, Ethan Blanton <elb at pidgin.im> wrote:
> Evan Schoenberg spake unto us the following wisdom:
> > On Aug 16, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Daniel Atallah wrote:
> >
> > >Plain and simple, the OpenSSL license imposes additional restrictions
> > >and consequently is incompatible.
> >
> > If OpenSSL is included in your distribution (it is with OS X), then
> > the rules change a bit, as (or so I understand it) the GPL explicitly
> > provides an exception for linking against libraries which ship with
> > the distribution regardless of their original license.
>
> Not to get into a license argument, but "distribution" is up for
> debate.  Many contend that the fact that certain Linux distributions
> ship with OpenSSL as an available package, for example, does not
> count.  We have not historically considered it sufficient for
> inclusion in libpurple, on those grounds.  OpenBSD, on the other hand,
> may be a different story; OSX is somewhat different yet.
>
> Ethan
>
> --
> The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws [that have no remedy
> for evils].  They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor
> determined to commit crimes.
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