Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] RADIUS's "Message Authenticator"

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From: David Frascone <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 11:03:21 -0600
Comments inline.

On Sunday, 24 Mar 2002, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 08:02:50PM -0600, David Frascone wrote:
> > Ok, what about another direction.  What if, at runtime, an attempt to
> > open openssl is done.  Would that taint the GPL?
> > 
> > In other words, no dependencies, but dynamic loading at runtime, if it is
> > in the library path.  That way, we can *assume* that the library is prexisting
> > on the system, and we do not rely on it's existance at all.
> 
> The effect is the same, even though the mechanism is different.

I don't think so.  If we don't *require* openssl, or ever even point to how
to download it, then we're not recommending it's usage either.  But, if it
happens to be distributed with the OS, we will detect and use it.  I *do*
think that will keep the licenses free from question.

But, then again, I'm *not* a lawyer.

-- 
David Frascone

   Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.