[Bug 1468] Re: missing SSL support for obscure reason

[Jeremy Thornhill]

mail-notification only links against OpenSSL, which is already included with Ubuntu.  The OpenSSL FAQ (linked in the previous comment) expressly says that it should be OK to link GPL applications to OpenSSL if it is included in the distribution:

"2. Can I use OpenSSL with GPL software?

On many systems including the major Linux and BSD distributions, yes (the GPL does not place restrictions on using libraries that are part of the normal operating system distribution)."

Not to be a pain about this, but it looks like Debian legal are the only folks who think this is a license violation.  If I'm missing something here then I appologize, but this license "issue" does render several packages crippled or useless.  I recompie with SSL support myself, but as a "user-friendly" distribution that's too much to ask really - and the lack of SSL support in mail-notification is actually a security problem for users who don't understand what that means.

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missing SSL support for obscure reason
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1468