From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jul 5 23: 3:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55C0F37B5BD; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 23:03:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@earthlink.net) Received: from dialin-client.earthlink.net (pool0545.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.194.35]) by merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA09054; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 23:03:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by dialin-client.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA01042; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 23:01:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 23:01:11 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Kris Kennaway Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, Susie Ward , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SecureBSD (Was: Re: Firewalls and the endless story!) Message-ID: <20000705230111.D795@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <20000705214847.B631@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from kris@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 09:53:05PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 09:53:05PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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. You can't copyright a concept. So I ask, did they get some patents? I did not see specific mention in the license of any new patents. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message