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### OpenSSL ### OpenSSL
[OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/) will be provided for software that [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/) will be provided for software that
needs the OpenSSL API for which LibreSSL is not sufficient. needs the OpenSSL API for which LibreSSL is not sufficient. An example
is Python3 (specifically the OpenSSL package, see
[PEP 644](https://peps.python.org/pep-0644/).
On most YJL systems, only the shared libraries from OpenSSL will be
installed but it is possible to install the utility as well in parallel
with the LibreSSL utility.
The `openssl-devel` and `libressl-devel` packages conflict with each
other, only one of them can be installed at a time. As they are not
runtime packages, that should not be an issue.
OpenSSL is now licensed under the Apache 2.0 license rather than the OpenSSL is now licensed under the Apache 2.0 license rather than the
OpenSSL/SSLeay license it formerly used. OpenSSL/SSLeay license it formerly used.