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[gregor herrmann <gregor+debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:28:24 -0000, Patola wrote:

> I must say that I do not understand what's the licensing issue here.
> openssl has a MIT/BSD-style license that is compatible to libcurl and
> WWW::Curl MIT/BSD-style licenses, isn't it? Why the need for a GPL-
> compatible license?

As noted in the mentioned Debian bug report it might be a problem for
apps/modules using WWW::Curl.

Cheers,
gregor 
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