Date: Thu, 21 Aug 97 13:53:49 +0200 From: garyj@frt.dec.com To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: major problem with Copyright of contrib/ipfilter... Message-ID: <9708211153.AA25446@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Message from John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> of Thu, 21 Aug 97 03:30:52 PDT.
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gurney_j@efn.org writes: > well.. I was about to fix a problem with contrib/ipfilter/man/Makefile, > but I read the copyright message at the top: > # (C)opyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Darren Reed. > # > # This code may be freely distributed as long as it retains this notice > # and is not changed in any way. The author accepts no responsibility > # for the use of this software. I hate legaleese, don't you ? > > I'm sorry, but anything that we can't fix SHOULD NEVER be imported into > the tree... I'm going to rewrite the makefile for now... but can we > get all the copyright messages changed to the BSD copyright?? or at > least allow us to make modifications?? > > heck, all I was about to do was to replace root and wheel with MANOWN > and MANGRP, but this copyright doesn't allow it... > don't change it in contrib, do it in /usr/src/usr/sbin/<whatever>. I think that's where the ipfilter stuff lives. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) garyj@muc.de (play) gj@freebsd.org
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