[openssl-dev] We're working on license changes

[Quanah Gibson-Mount]

--On Friday, July 31, 2015 3:19 PM -0400 Brian Smith <brian at briansmith.org> 
wrote:

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> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Hanno Böck <hanno at hboeck.de> wrote:
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> "Salz, Rich" <rsalz at akamai.com> wrote:

> In the spirit of making OpenSSL as useful as possible for everyone  I
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> would consider a permissive license that's more compatible (e.g. MIT) a
> wiser choice.
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> I agree 100%. What is wrong with the ISC-style license that LibreSSL and
> BoringSSL have been using to share code? Why not use that same license
> for new code? The ability to share code between these projects is hugely
> valuable, especially when it comes to getting security problems fixed in
> a timely and secure manner.
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> Also, I question the need for people to sign a CLA to contribute to
> OpenSSL. OpenSSL has been very successful for decades without a CLA
> requirement. Lots of other projects are extremely successful without a
> CLA. A CLA seems unnecessary.


+1

It is curious as well that the openssl project did not solicit feedback 
from it's community before announcing said license change to see what the 
general consensus of the community is on the best path forward, and instead 
is moving towards a significantly more restrictive license than what 
OpenSSL was previously offered under.

--Quanah


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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Platform Architect
Zimbra, Inc.
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