Re: [1/2] bcrypt: Add support for SHA hashes on Linux using Nettle.

[Henri Verbeet]

On 11 January 2016 at 12:47, Damjan Jovanovic  wrote:
> I don't believe it's possible to use Nettle in Wine right now, due to its
> copyright license:
>
> "Nettle is dual licenced under the GNU General Public License version 2 or
> later, and the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 or later. When
> using Nettle, you must comply fully with all conditions of at least one of
> these licenses."
> (http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/nettle.html#Copyright)
>
> Wine is only LGPLv2+, which isn't compatible with either.

There's no issue linking from LGPL2+ to LGPL3+. (Or from proprietary
licenses to LGPL3+ in most cases, for that matter.) Not that I'd be
opposed to bumping Wine to LGPL3+ though.