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Re:OpenSSL 3.0 by gray_-_wolf on Friday May 29, 2020 @08:13AM (#23349015)
> > Does this mean I cannot use openssl in my gpl-2.0-only program?

> Correct.

Well that sucks. I guess I'll need to look into libressl.

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Re:OpenSSL 3.0 by jabl on Friday May 29, 2020 @08:16AM (#23349048)
You might also check out GnuTLS which is under the LGPL 2.1+ license. If you're using Linux it's certainly already available from your package manager.
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Re:OpenSSL 3.0 by marcinzm on Friday May 29, 2020 @08:30AM (#23349172)
>I guess I'll need to look into libressl.

libressl is under the original openssl license which is GPL incompatible.

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