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Good ol' BSD vs. GPL (was: Re: TrueCrypt, GostCrypt, *Crypt - status?)
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- Subject: Good ol' BSD vs. GPL (was: Re: TrueCrypt, GostCrypt, *Crypt - status?)
- From: [email protected] (rysiek)
- Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 23:33:29 +0100
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Dnia niedziela, 4 stycznia 2015 20:02:12 grarpamp pisze:
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 7:00 AM, rysiek <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Apparently Facebook used a modified OpenSSL version that was accidentally
> > not vulnerable. Had OpenSSL been licensed under a copyleft license, maybe
> > we wouldn't have Heartbleed at all.
>
> No. GPL does not require redistribution of mods used privately,
> only if redistribution occurs are such mods required to be
> redistributed. Facebook chose not to redistribute, therefore GPL
> would have made no difference because it would not trigger.
Yeah, that's why I'm actually a fan of the AGPL. :)
By the way, I have no problem with private use not triggering *GPL, but
Facebook's use of OpenSSL is hardly private, as if I were to use Facebook I
would have to interact with their OpenSSL instance/copy/whatever-you-call-it.
--
Pozdrawiam,
MichaÅ? "rysiek" Woźniak
Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147
GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147
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