Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [PATCH] Order of subdissectors : suggestion of a trick
On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 08:38:53PM +0200, metatech wrote:
> Could you clarify the status of this patch : is it rejected ?
"Pending". Did Olivier Biot respond to the questions you asked after he
raised some issues with the patch?
> I am working on decrypting SSL conversations (if the private key is
> known). Can Ethereal be made dependent on OpenSSL ?
Ethereal can be made to have more functionality if OpenSSL is available
(pending licensing issues); it would probably be a bit rude to make it
*require* OpenSSL, if that's what "dependent on OpenSSL" means.
As for the licensing issues:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses
"The license of OpenSSL is a conjunction of two licenses, One of them
being the license of SSLeay. You must follow both. The combination
results in a copyleft free software license that is incompatible with
the GNU GPL. It also has an advertising clause like the original BSD
license and the Apache license.
We recommend using GNUTLS instead of OpenSSL in software you write.
However, there is no reason not to use OpenSSL and applications that
work with OpenSSL."
I don't know what conclusion was reached when this was last discussed
here.
