From f467b57a957672a02cd7d923603a8a9da7f0f9fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oswald Buddenhagen Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 12:59:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] generalize GPL exception we have explicit approval from: - Anton Khirnov - Jeremy Katz - Jesse Weaver - Marc Hoersken - Michael J Gruber - Noa Resare (formerly Daniel) - Oliver Runge - Patrick Steinhardt - Theodore Ts'o notably missing approval from: - Michael Elkins further missing approval from: - Eivind Eklund - Georgy Kibardin - Jack Stone - Jan Synacek still, because - isync already contains an exception for OpenSSL, - every contributor implicitly agreed to that exception, and - that exception exists specifically because of the advertising clause in OpenSSL < v3's license, i'm assuming that the MIA contributors are actually fine with the proposed change. --- LICENSES/LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSES/LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception.txt b/LICENSES/LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception.txt index 894d89c..741e349 100644 --- a/LICENSES/LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception.txt +++ b/LICENSES/LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception.txt @@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Usage-Guide: SPDX-License-Identifier: WITH LicenseRef-isync-GPL-exception License-Text: -As a special exception, mbsync may be linked with the OpenSSL library, -despite that library's more restrictive license. +As a special exception, mbsync may be linked with libraries with a more +restrictive license if the only incompatibility are advertising clauses.