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		gray_-_wolf on May 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenSSL 3.0 > > 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.

jabl on May 29, 2020 | | [–]

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.

marcinzm on May 29, 2020 | [–]

>I guess I'll need to look into libressl.

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

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