[openssl-dev] License change agreement

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:43:17AM -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
> --On Friday, March 24, 2017 7:47 PM +0100 Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 10:18:40AM -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
> > > --On Friday, March 24, 2017 6:12 PM +0000 "Salz, Rich" <rsalz at akamai.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > Thanks Rich, that's a more useful starting point.  Has dual licensing
> > > > > been considered?  Both in 2015 and now, the lack of GPLv2
> > > > > compatibility has shown to be a serious drawback to the APLv2.
> > > >
> > > > Dual licensing means that it is also available under a
> > > > no-patent-protection license which is an issue for us.
> > > 
> > > APLv2 and MPLv2 both have patent protections.  How would a dual license
> > > of APL+MPL result in a no-patent-protection license?
> > 
> > As far as I understand the MPLv2 is only compatible with the GPLv2
> > in a very specific case which makes it not useful for people that
> > would actually want to link their application with it.
> 
> Reference?  I certainly don't see that in
> <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/FAQ/>

Then I suggest you read that FAQ again.


Kurt