Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:46:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Piechota <piechota@argolis.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Aaron Namba <aaron@namba1.com>, <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Is FreeBSD's tar susceptible to this? Message-ID: <20021001134440.V15368-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20021001113225.034331b0@localhost>
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On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Brett Glass wrote: > Unfortunately, GNU tar has become so pervasive > that even OpenBSD (which avoids GNU software) uses > it. Gotta break this dependency upon GPLed code. Fearing the off-topic avalanche that's going to come of this... Why the GPL? It would have been just as likely to happen in BSD tar, except you'd have lots of people with their own patches that no one else could see. While the GPL isn't -- Matt Piechota To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the messagehome | help
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