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> Everyone deserves access to C technology without restriction, especially as rust makes inroads.

What? Is this whole letter some form of sarcasm?

Yes, see https://marc.info/?t=149028609000002&r=1&w=2 for some context. One of the other comments summarised why this is funny.

Only very few find this funny. This is no joke. This is a serious death treat towards LibreSSL. Theo reacted with a satire. But not a funny one.

What prevents LibreSSL from being under an Apache 2.0-compatible license?

(Also, what prevents LibreSSL from replying with "This is great, but can we get dual MIT/Apache 2.0"?)

Dual licensing seems to be the best solution, yes. The license specialists need to come up with a solution. I'm not one

Pretty uncharitable read of what I meant by "funny" really. Satire can be amusing without invalidating the referenced issue. Don't get so hung up on the issue that you can't laugh about things too.

Yes. See https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=149028593819547&w=2 (and the HN discussion about the OpenSSL license change) for the context of the sarcasm.

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