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> keeping GPL compatibility OpenSSL's license is _already_ incompatible with the GPL. The Apache license would make it compatible with the GPLv3, and thus with

• rurban 10y ago
  A dual license as done with mbed TLS or other similar projects would be huge win for both parties. ASL 2.0 only is a huge loss for LibreSSL and OpenBSD. It's even an outragious death threat to them.
  • bonzini 10y ago
    OpenSSL could, starting tomorrow, drop the 4-clause BSD dual license and only keep the Apache v1 license. And they could do so without the approval of any of the copyright holders. In fact that's all that is being asked of the copyright holders---to drop an advertising clause that doesn't even mention their name. So the supposed death that to LibreSSL that the license change constitutes is nothing but a red herring, or at least it's a red herring to tie it to the license change.