Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:25:11 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> Subject: Re: sshd. "UseDNS no" ignored? Message-ID: <3BC50132-2DD9-4FAA-8320-C945DF4BFD48@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20061130205045.A96066@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> References: <d8a4930a0611210211q4920bfdkf7f0400c69df2689@mail.gmail.com> <4563126E.2060904@math.missouri.edu> <20061129143330.T82233@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0611301903110.14631@mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> <20061130205045.A96066@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>
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On Nov 30, 2006, at 11:10 AM, Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote: >> Is it really open-source? I couldn't find any reference to source >> downloads or licensing terms on http://www.ssh.com/. It mentions >> OpenSSH >> as an open-source alternative. > > Well, security/ssh2 port builds all binaries from sources which are > freely available at ftp://ftp.ssh.com/pub/ssh/ . The following URL: > > http://www.ssh.com/support/downloads/secureshellserver/non- > commercial.html > > contains both download URLs and "Non-commercial license agreement > for SSH Secure Shell for Servers" link. Right, and the license restriction to non-commercial use only means that SSH Secure Shell is not OSI Open Source, because it violates OSD #6: http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php > 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor > > The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program > in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict > the program from being used in a business, or from being used for > genetic research. > > Rationale: The major intention of this clause is to prohibit > license traps that prevent open source from being used > commercially. We want commercial users to join our community, not > feel excluded from it. -- -Chuck
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