Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 22:37:55 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jonathan Graehl <jonathan@graehl.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ipf license woes Message-ID: <20010529223755.A14304@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <001e01c0e8c9$3398db20$6dfeac40@straylight.com>; from jonathan@graehl.org on Tue, May 29, 2001 at 10:27:20PM -0700 References: <001e01c0e8c9$3398db20$6dfeac40@straylight.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 10:27:20PM -0700, Jonathan Graehl wrote: > >From Theo (OpenBSD): > > "sometime in the next 20 hours, i will be removing ipf from the source > tree since it does not meet our freedom requirements, as have been > outlined in policy.html and goals.html since the start of our project. > > we will have to work on an alternative." > > I've used netfilter/iptables (Linux 2.4 and on) fairly extensively, and > it seems to be a good ipf-alike. Sorry, but how is the above relevant to FreeBSD? The licensing flame-war isn't news, and it's something we've already been clarifying with Darren. My own perspective is that it's been badly mishandled by a lot of people and blown out of all proportion. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7FIczWry0BWjoQKURAi/cAKCWc1A50wUW4MR/e5Ce/tRvMH+AiwCcCpgO MHr6T1kGHX/cW0CLgnE5ViQ= =rbKY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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