Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:38:38 -0700 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFilter not free software? Message-ID: <20010524163838.C23634@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <20010524185937.A69030@lpt.ens.fr>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:59:37PM %2B0200 References: <20010524122010.C52234@lpt.ens.fr> <3B0D3203.8A462906@pitt.edu> <20010524185937.A69030@lpt.ens.fr>
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I figured that this was a large part of why ipfw is around. [RC] On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:59:37PM +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > Quoting LWN: > > > > > > That means, of course, that IPFilter is not free (or even open source) > > > software. > > > > > I'm sorry for RMS... but free software is software I don't have to pay > > for. > > Irrelevant. FreeBSD should be modifiable, and modifications should be > distributable. If the author of IPfilter will not allow > modifications, I certainly see it as a problem (and so, according to > that article, do the OpenBSD people) for obvious reasons. > > > Don't tell me he also invented freedom! I like free beer, and in this > > case it comes with source code. > > Does it? Which one? (assuming, by source code, you mean the detailed > recipe and method which lets you brew it yourself) > > - Rahul. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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