[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] configure: allow OpenSSL>=3.0.0 with GPL

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 9:05 AM Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Am 09.06.2020 um 02:13 schrieb rcombs <rcombs at rcombs.me>:
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> > @@ -1820,6 +1819,7 @@ EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_LIST="
> >     mediacodec
> >     openal
> >     opengl
> > +    openssl
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> (Since a release is discussed)
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> The patch is not ok and should not be pushed as-is, openSSL 3.0 is not compatible with the GPL 2.0 afaict.
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This is correct, Apache v2 is only considered compatible with GPLv3,
so that would need to be augmented.

- Hendrik