Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 11:20:59 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should IPFilter be pulled from FreeBSD as well Message-ID: <20010530112059.B68285@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <15125.14210.469974.316853@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Wed, May 30, 2001 at 12:10:10PM -0600 References: <005e01c0e913$0803a180$3028680a@tgt.com> <3B152F04.87623501@DougBarton.net> <15125.14210.469974.316853@nomad.yogotech.com>
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--OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 12:10:10PM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: > > What's sad is that people who don't understand the issues involved are > > jumping on bandwagons that they shouldn't. Darren and the FreeBSD core = team > > are already in the process of clarifying that FreeBSD's use of IPfilter= is > > "with permission," and therefore falls within the parameters of the > > license.=20 >=20 > I think everyone understand that, but what if another entity (not > FreeBSD) takes the FreeBSD code and modifies it for use in an > embedded product. Are they allowed to modify the ipf source code > for use inside of their product, like they are capable of doing with > the rest of the source tree. This is the single-biggest difference > between Linux and *BSD from a non-technical point of view, and the > reason that I help found the FreeBSD project and didn't go they way > of Linux/GNU/GPL. This question is well-understood by everyone involved, and is one of the points being clarified. Kris --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7FToKWry0BWjoQKURAiFOAJ43uS/IIB2a2zBaoxno2a9hu3+JhACgjzh1 SCc1xflLbEo9YIf2i6dhk8c= =6wK8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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