Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 20:36:11 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPFilter not free software? Message-ID: <20010524203611.I69030@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <NCBBLIEPOCNJOAEKBEAKIEGAPEAA.davids@webmaster.com>; from davids@webmaster.com on Thu, May 24, 2001 at 11:27:11AM -0700 References: <20010524122010.C52234@lpt.ens.fr> <NCBBLIEPOCNJOAEKBEAKIEGAPEAA.davids@webmaster.com>
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David Schwartz said on May 24, 2001 at 11:27:11: > > Yes, this means that derivitive or modified works are not permitted > > without the author's prior consent. > > > > That means, of course, that IPFilter is not free (or even open source) > > software. > > It also means that if IPFilter contains any code specifically contributed > to IPFilter but not written by Darren Reed, then even Darren Reed can't > distribute modified versions. Interesting interpretation. If so, then the program is frozen for ever? But it depends who the copyright holder is. If the contributor turned over copyright to Reed (for small patches I think that's done implicitly), then I imagine what Reed says holds. The mail linked to in the lwn.net page says the program is copyrighted by him (and so does the version in the current FreeBSD source, but it doesn't include the additional lines above). - Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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