From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jul 5 21:53: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61CDE37B567; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 21:53:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id VAA54601; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 21:53:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 21:53:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: Susie Ward , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SecureBSD (Was: Re: Firewalls and the endless story!) In-Reply-To: <20000705214847.B631@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Crist J. Clark wrote: > I don't see why you can't read the code. To my knowledge, none of the > methods or algorithms have been patented by the SecureBSD > people. Nothing to stop one from writing their own implementation of > the same processes. Or have they gone for some patents? If I read the code, and then inadvertently use some concepts in my own code they can try and claim it as a derived work and do nasty things to me. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message