[gobolinux-devel] Python deps: adding OpenSSL

[Carlo Calica]

On 9/2/06, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> Carlo Calica <carlo at calica.com>
> > If Python is built without OpenSSL, urllib2 cannot handle https
> > connections.  Comments on adding OpenSSL to default deps?
>
> Python's current licence is GPL-compatible.  OpenSSL's isn't.
> Can Python urllib2 use another SSL library, like LGPL'd gnutls?
>

I'm not sure.  I still haven't gotten ChrootCompile to work properly
so I can't test without disabling OpenSSL which would break a lot of
things.

But a quick look at the licenses (Python and OpenSSL) they don't seem
incompatible.  The only problem I see is a GPL program embedding
python which then can't use urllib2 for https: connections.  The
biggest problem for GoboLinux is the advertising clause which I don't
think we're following.  The license requires specific verbage when
mentions use of the software and features.  So anywhere we provide a
package list (wiki) we need to add that verbage.

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Carlo J. Calica