Comment 8 for bug 16320

Am Samstag, den 14.05.2005, 10:39 +0000 schrieb Guillaume Morin:
> SSL support was removed in the previous lftp version, because of a
> license problem with openssl.

Yes. This is right.

> But at the end of the README of lftp the author says explicitly :
>
> "In addition, as a special exception, permission is given to link the
> code of this release of lftp with the OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL"
> library (or with modified versions of it that use the same license as
> the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute the linked executables. You
> must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
> the code used other than "OpenSSL". If you modify this file, you may
> extend this exception to your version of the file, but you are not
> obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception
> statement from your version."

Hmm, I'm confused. Its not included in the COPYING file and upstream
answered me he could not include it:

http://www.mail-archive.com/lftp%40uniyar.ac.ru/msg02022.html

> The maintainer of msmtp keeps the ssl support (Bug #305159), he just
> includes proper information in /usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright.
>
> Could you please re-enable ssl support in lftp ?

I cann and will reenable it if the license question is clear.

> Is this bug the reason why lftp was removed from sarge ?

Yes.

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