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peteretep on May 18, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement

    > but it is a pity the license can never be GPL compatible

Why? What are the practical downsides?

BCM43 on May 18, 2014 [–]

Yes, OpenSSL has an advertising clause that is incompatible with the GPL.

https://people.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html

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