From: Linus Torvalds Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:54:30 GMT Subject: Re: git-fetch in 1.5.4 fails versus 1.5.3.8 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20080207201445.GD18497@mail-vs.djpig.de> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > > Easy to say for someone who only distributes source code... (AFAIK > anyway) Sure. But I'd like to point out that there are tons of distributiors of Linux _and_ other operating systems - with real lawyers involved - that distribute things compiled with OpenSSL, and nobody sane actually thinks it is a problem. The fact that the OpenSSL license isn't compatible with GPL is a total non-issue: people compile GPL'd programs against totally proprietary libraries or other non-GPL-compatible things. > Anyway, since Debian will not change its opinion about this, my answer > was in the context of the question obviously useful. Whether it was > generally correct is probably off-topic here. Umm. You claimed that the result would not be "distributable". I just both corrected that total misunderstanding (on part of the Debian crowd) _and_ said that even crazy Debian people can work around it. So please don't say that things are not "distributable" when they clearly are. Linus