Re: UnitedLinux violating GPL?

[Andi Kleen <ak _at_ xxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 03:28:40PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 12:51:52PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > openssl is only compiled as a module in released kernels, so it is similar to
> > the PPP BSD compression module.
> 
> It compiles parts of openssl which explicitly have a license that conflicts
> with the GPL when CONFIG_PPP=y.  The bsd_comp stuff was only compilable as
> module.

I guess you meant CONFIG_CIPHER_TWOFISH, not CONFIG_PPP. 

Yes it can be compiled in, but UnitedLinux does not do so - the kernel
rpm compiles it as a module.

-Andi
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