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Posted to c-user@axis.apache.org by Raymond Zhou <ra...@yahoo.com> on 2008/04/13 07:24:47 UTC

re-distribute openSSL dlls with AXIS2/c and patent issue

Hi All, 
   
  I am using AXIS2/c to develop a web service client component in a commercial application. The web service requires SSL support. It is my understanding that AXIS2/c can be built with openSSL to have SSL support. I have two questions:
   
  (1) In the distribution of my commercial application, it seems I only need to include two openSSL related dll files with the AXIS/2c dlls to enable AXIS/2 with SSL support capability. These two dlls are: libeay32.dll and libssl32.dll. Is this correct?
   
  (2) Is openSSL an open-source software? I have read some articules stating that it envolves some kind os patents, is this true? Am I free to re-distribute the two DLLs (I can download them from some web sites. 
   
  I've searched the archives and axis2/c manuals, it doesn't seem to be clear about this.
  Thanks much in advance.
   
  Ray 
   
   

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Re: re-distribute openSSL dlls with AXIS2/c and patent issue

Posted by Kaushalye Kapuruge <ka...@wso2.com>.
Raymond Zhou wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> I am using AXIS2/c to develop a web service client component in a 
> commercial application. The web service requires SSL support. It is my 
> understanding that AXIS2/c can be built with openSSL to have SSL 
> support. I have two questions:
>  
> (1) In the distribution of my commercial application, it seems I only 
> need to include two openSSL related dll files with the AXIS/2c dlls to 
> enable AXIS/2 with SSL support capability. These two dlls are: 
> libeay32.*dll* and libssl32.*dll*. Is this correct?
>  
> (2) Is openSSL an open-source software?
Yes,
> I have read some articules stating that it envolves some kind os 
> patents, is this true? Am I free to re-distribute the two DLLs (I can 
> download them from some web sites.
AFAIK, if you are redistributing, you have to include their copyright 
notice. See more details here ...
http://www.openssl.org/source/license.html
[Conditions 1,2]
-Kau
>  
> I've searched the archives and axis2/c manuals, it doesn't seem to be 
> clear about this.
> Thanks much in advance.
>  
> Ray 
>  
>  
>
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