Better proxy support available via libcurl?

[Alphax]

David Shaw wrote:
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> Like I said, I'm perfectly okay doing nothing, but now that the issue
> has been raised, it is difficult to just drop, as we have a problem
> today that needs an answer: it has been asserted that distributing
> binaries of GnuPG that link to libcurl built on OpenSSL violates the
> GPL.  That is to say, it is *against the law* to do so, and the
> copyright holder of GnuPG (FSF) could, if they chose to, take the
> infringer to court.
> 
> It is not right to make such a statement and then walk away.  All that
> accomplishes is to create FUD, and if a packager decides to throw up
> their hands and not package GnuPG rather then get involved in these
> questions, then we have caused harm.
> 

How hard is it to determine if libcurl has been built against OpenSSL or
not? One possible solution would be to detect if it had been during the
autoconf/automake process and not link to libcurl if it was (overridable
somehow?); if it was, /then/ start printing big warnings.

> I think we need an official answer yes or no whether this is legal as
> things are now.  It is difficult to design for the future if we do not
> know where we stand today.
> 

Has anyone asked on debian-legal or similar?

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