OpenSSL 3.0 and Pidgin

[Richard Laager]

On 10/2/21 3:52 PM, Alex Guzman wrote:
> Previously, pidgin has avoided support for OpenSSL due to licensing 
> concerns. However, as of version 3.0, OpenSSL ships under the Apache 
> 2.0 license, which is GPL compatible.

It is (according to the FSF's interpretation) GPL-3 compatible, but 
GPL-2 incompatible. As long as we are able and willing to go GPL-3, at 
least for those people who distribute binaries with the OpenSSL-linked 
bits, that should be okay.

-- 
Richard