Add the OpenSSL exception

The GNU GPL and the OpenSSL license are incompatible. Some distributions
take a hardline stance and do not consider OpenSSL to be a systems library
(which would permit the usage/distribution of OpenSSL) when distributing
apps such as OfflineImap from the same repository. In order to solve these
distributions dilemma, we add the OpenSSL exception to our GNU GPL v2+ license.
This allows for unambiguous use/distribution of our GNU GPL'ed application
with a python linking to openssl.

Consent of all contributors has been requested via email by
Sebastian@SSpaeth.de. With very few exceptions of minor contributions (which
might or might not by copyright-worthy) all past contributors have consented
to adding the OpenSSL exception. None of the replying authors has disagreed
with adding the exception.

The corresponding issues at question:
 https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap/issues/104
 Debian bug #747033

We are still missing consent from:
1	Asheesh Laroia
2	Bart Kerkvliet
4	Daniel Burrows
5	David Favro
1	David Logie
1	Eric Dorland
1	Ethan Schoonover
49	Eygene Ryabinkin
1	Loui Chang
1	Luca Capello
1	Michael Witten
2	Mike Dawson
1	Peter Colberg
1	Scott Henson
1	Tom Lawton
1	W. Trevor King
2	X-Ryl669
1	buergi
2	dtk
5	mj

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
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Sebastian Spaeth
2014-09-24 10:24:49 +02:00
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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright 2002-2013 John Goerzen & contributors"
__author__ = "John Goerzen"
__author_email__= "john@complete.org"
__description__ = "Disconnected Universal IMAP Mail Synchronization/Reader Support"
__license__ = "Licensed under the GNU GPL v2+ (v2 or any later version)"
__license__ = "Licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or any later version (with an openssl exception)"
__bigcopyright__ = """%(__productname__)s %(__bigversion__)s
%(__license__)s""" % locals()
__homepage__ = "http://offlineimap.org"