Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [PATCH] Make Net-SNMP Optional for VC++ Build

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From: Wes Hardaker <wjhns36@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 22:29:17 -0700
>>>>> On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 22:45:30 +0200, Thomas Anders <thomas.anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Thomas> Remember, the license problem is OpenSSL, not Net-SNMP itself.
Thomas> This question may sound strange, but: Are we *really* already
Thomas> violating their license if we just happen to link against libcrypto
Thomas> (due to compile-time dependencies) without using *any* of their
Thomas> functionality, neither directly (Ethereal), nor indirectly (through
Thomas> the net-snmp functions we use)?

IANAL, so...

Thomas> Even then, we can still produce binary distributions under GPL with
Thomas> the existing code and full SNMP functionality if we compile Net-SNMP
Thomas> without OpenSSL support and link with it.

If you build your binary distributions with a staticly linked,
non-openssl Net-SNMP library you're certainly golden, right?

-- 
Wes Hardaker
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