Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:57:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net> To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPFilter licence update Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106061755130.94127-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com> In-Reply-To: <003f01c0eeeb$4d03bdf0$0101a8c0@cascade>
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > I agree, it is his perogative. I am glad he wrote it. It is excellent > software. However, he is making a choice and other people don't have to > like it, based on sound OpenSource criteria (which he never claimed IPFilter > was). He can not expect anybody else to feel that it is OK to have non-open > software incorporated into the base system of an open OS. I say open the > source up completely under the BSD or equivalent license (as released in the > FreeBSD OS) or remove it from the base OS. FreeBSD never said it needed to have all Open Source criteria software (okay, I admit I'm pulling that right out of my ass, but that's the sense I get from hanging out on about 8 lists for the past 6 months). And you have to remember that for some people the GPL software is much worse in the licensing sense than the license attached to IPFilter. -gordon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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