[Bug 1014347] [NEW] NUT License prevents distribution of SSL-enabled builds

[Rodney Dawes]

Public bug reported:

Due to NUT being licensed under GPLv2, GPLv3, and GPLv1 or later, and
the code for SSL support using OpenSSL, the packages of NUT cannot be
distributed with support for SSL communication between client and
server. To be able to do so, a special exception to the licenses used in
NUT needs to be added, to allow linking with, and distributing, SSL-
enabled binaries. An alternative solution is to use a different SSL
implementation which is released under a license compatible with the GNU
GPL, such as GnuTLS.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nut-client 2.6.3-1ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic-pae 3.2.18
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun 17 12:10:15 2012
SourcePackage: nut
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (156 days ago)

** Affects: nut (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise

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