From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 14 09:30:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC45516A4CE for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:30:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2D9143D45 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:30:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBE9UQQi074290 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:30:26 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBE9UQxn074288; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:30:26 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:30:26 GMT Message-Id: <200412140930.iBE9UQxn074288@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Josef Karthauser Subject: Re: kern/74861: Support to ISL VLANS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Josef Karthauser List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:30:27 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/74861; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Josef Karthauser To: Yar Tikhiy Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/74861: Support to ISL VLANS? Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:29:29 +0000 --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 09:22:25PM +0300, Yar Tikhiy wrote: >=20 > The code from Joe Marcus Clarke looks like a protocol dissector for > some kind of a network sniffer while I've got an if_isl driver > working in 4-STABLE. However, it may not be included into FreeBSD > for licensing reasons I described. The very ISL _specification_ > is under a restrictive license by Cisco, not code implementing it. > On the one hand, I doubt that Cisco would sue a network sniffer > project for including an ISL dissector, but on the other hand, we > would be asking for legal trouble if we added if_isl to FreeBSD > since it would be a real application of the encumbered protocol. > There were enough license wars in the nearest past out there. >=20 > Taking this into consideration, I think this PR can be closed. >=20 Sounds fair. Would you like to do the honours? Regards, Joe --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkG+snkACgkQXVIcjOaxUBYUTgCgoorcJ67UyQrtEfsY2A9FKcBu MH0AoKOxGcmVKQR9HdOZP3UeJHEUvZ6z =l3cL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--