From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Wed Jun 1 05:40:24 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84B05B5C799 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 05:40:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@me.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6998F1DE6 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 05:40:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@me.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 685A4B5C798; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 05:40:24 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 678FAB5C797 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 05:40:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@me.com) Received: from mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com (mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com [17.110.69.135]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FB651DE5 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 05:40:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@me.com) Received: from process-dkim-sign-daemon.mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com by mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.36.0 64bit (built Sep 8 2015)) id <0O8200400VDXG200@mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com> for net@freebsd.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 05:40:17 +0000 (GMT) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Received: from akita.hsd1.ca.comcast.net (c-73-222-51-139.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [73.222.51.139]) by mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.36.0 64bit (built Sep 8 2015)) with ESMTPSA id <0O8200OHIVR4XR20@mr11p00im-asmtp004.me.com>; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 05:40:17 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2016-06-01_02:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1510270003 definitions=main-1606010067 Message-id: <1464759616.15911.9.camel@me.com> Subject: Re: MPPC for Netgraph: Isn't it time? From: Rui Paulo To: Brett Glass , net@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 22:40:16 -0700 In-reply-to: <201605311758.LAA27388@mail.lariat.net> References: <201605311758.LAA27388@mail.lariat.net> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.1-1+b1 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=me.com; s=4d515a; t=1464759617; bh=KWiQl7CW0C38a+rWA919I3ViaWlF7MN5lLhV765IIdo=; h=MIME-version:Content-type:Message-id:Subject:From:To:Date; b=oCpu8Rb9sU3OY9hxxA381LAm2B0QzI4xbmeVJQmez8Xbfc53PkEkTHB+xzg20v6rV eiYps0G4l4kDnFk47DIXNzBha+xngYAVNcLOt8urWPKMbMWzAJlz8S7okH49U/43zJ MuTnQTRiW8pw74fVPUx5XDNi5EXyZuOwdf/qC3aJAgqcevvnmQ8K0pO1NcA862S2+k WhBZxH7IKWhd4Gs2DgtRxhHhQNwT2Q9QiiqeGChtuzdRPCHuCOWimAVrushh33ioGm OnkrHuBCyNLCSqkyhUg/5Ql911fJ31YIOBaLJPoLVHJUL0e5U6jVCQQ43l0O5uX6rm 6TgkVRFvgOcbA== X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 05:40:24 -0000 On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 11:55 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > Everyone: > > Just built a kernel today, and realized that for years I have had  > to integrate MPPC compression/encryption (see man page ng_mppc(4))  > for PPP/L2TP/PPTP manually, even though the HiFn patent has long  > since expired and there's no reason not to include the files in the  > FreeBSD code base. Could a committer with access to that part of  > the tree please import the files mppc.h, mppcc.c, and mppcd.c into  > /sys/net so there's no need to find and fetch them every time? No committer with a sane mind will import code knowing there's a patent even if it's expired because TANAL (They Are Not Lawyers). It's best to contact the FreeBSD Foundation to analyse the status of the patent first. -- Rui Paulo