From owner-freebsd-scsi Sat Sep 13 18:38:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA11273 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 18:38:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA11266; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 18:38:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id SAA00731; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 18:37:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199709140137.SAA00731@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: Patches on senderp-ppp.i-connect.net In-Reply-To: from Simon Shapiro at "Sep 13, 97 03:49:42 pm" To: Shimon@i-Connect.Net (Simon Shapiro) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 18:37:58 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi Y'all, > > This is just a bit of formality and a reminder: > > Any progamming logic (source, object, executable, etc.) that you may find > on the computer known as sendero-ppp.i-connect.net (206.190.143.100), which > does not clearly display a Copyright notice authorizing free distribution > is proprietary, unpublished source code of Simon Shapiro, Atlas Telecom or > both. I love the work you are doing, but the above statement is not correct. a) It is not ``proprietary'' unless you take legal and proper actions to keep it as such. In most cases you have done just the opposite, you've given pointers to it in a public forum. b) The action of making it avaliable to anyone other than yourself is `publication'', thierfor the code is not ``unpublished''. c) Your ftp server welcome message desen't even head any warnings what so ever. In all hounesty I am simply amazed that the legal department of Atlas Telecom has approved these actions. I applaud them if they have. > In the interest of cooperation and enhancement of testing and validation, > Simon shapiro, and/or Atlas Telecom, may from time to time, at their own > discretion, release such sources to the public under restictions known as > the ``Berkeley Copyright'', and/or the ``GNU Software License''. > > Please refrain from downloading software from this site, unles authorized > by Simon Shapiro. Please require a password to access it then, your asking for legal problems if you don't make a demonstaitable attempt to protect yourself. Heck, even the XFree86 folks require a password to get to Alpha/Beta code and they are a 501(c)3 that is required by thier articles of incorporation (and hence law) to release there work to the public. > > The above has been triggered by a concern that incomplete, unreviewed and > untested software may get distributed, causing confsion, liability exposure > and just plain headaches. And this mail message is going to stop any of that???? -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD