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Type: Task
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Resolution: Done
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Priority: Minor - P4
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Affects Version/s: None
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Component/s: None
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Fully Compatible
Feel free to close this as won't fix, or please correct the license terms to include an exception on the AGPLv3 code to link against OpenSSL library, or explicitly state that one needs commercial license from 10gen to have OpenSSL exception for the core.
OpenSSL requires:
3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
software must display the following acknowledgment:
"This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)"
While AGPLv3 states:
You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the
rights granted or affirmed under this License.
See also (note referencing gpl, not agpl, but the two are similar on this grounds):
http://people.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html
https://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#LEGAL2