Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 10:51:35 +0800 From: David Xu <bsddiy@163.net> To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> Cc: "Gordon Tetlow" <gordont@bluemtn.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: IPFilter licence update Message-ID: <1387163220.20010607105135@163.net> In-Reply-To: <003f01c0eeeb$4d03bdf0$0101a8c0@cascade> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106061730440.94127-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com> <003f01c0eeeb$4d03bdf0$0101a8c0@cascade>
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Hello Thomas, Thursday, June 07, 2001, 8:46:34 AM, you wrote: >> I removed Darren from the CC list as I don't think he really needs to be >> in on this discussion.... >> >> >> <abestos_suit> >> It's not released under a BSD license because he doesn't want to. His >> perogative. We have some much more restrictive licenses (ie GPL) in the >> base OS and no one complains about them. >> </abestos_suit> >> >> There, that's all I have to say about the topic. I'll go back to lurking. TTV> I agree, it is his perogative. I am glad he wrote it. It is excellent TTV> software. However, he is making a choice and other people don't have to TTV> like it, based on sound OpenSource criteria (which he never claimed IPFilter TTV> was). He can not expect anybody else to feel that it is OK to have non-open TTV> software incorporated into the base system of an open OS. I say open the TTV> source up completely under the BSD or equivalent license (as released in the TTV> FreeBSD OS) or remove it from the base OS. TTV> Tom Veldhouse TTV> veldy@veldy.net >> >> -gordon >> I agree too, remove it from base system. too pain to have very restricted license in base system, a free open source software was being compromised by a non free code. anyway, we have ipfw. -- Regards, David Xu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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