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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?
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In-Reply-To: <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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