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libapache-mod-security package

  1. Bug #19832
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 19832

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In , Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta (agi-inittab) wrote : Re: Bug#313615: Further information on the GPL for an Apache module

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 10:46:06AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> I think the section in the GPL FAQ at
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLPluginsInNF
> applies, even though Apache is not non-free.
>
> libapache-mod-chroot, libapache-mod-witch, libapache2-mod-fcgid,
> libapache2-mod-ldap-userdir, libapache2-mod-xslt are also GPL.
> If this is a bug, it looks like those may have similar bugs.
>
> A common solution seems to be to get permission to link to
> an APL'd work as an exception. Upstream looks alive. If
> they're willing, it may be the simplest fix.
>
> libapache2-mod-ldap-userdir has an exception for OpenSSL already.
>

Thanks a lot for the tip! I'll talk with upstream about this. I'm sure
he'll add the permission to the license.

Regards,

Alberto

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