Re: Hilko Bengen > While I agree that the license is problematic, this is not entirely new. > Even back in version 5 there was very similar bizarre language (in > main.cc) about somebody's opinions on how the well-established term > "derivative work" is supposed to include merely running a program and > parsing its output.
| Proprietary vendors: This license does not allow for redistributing Nmap for use with (or incorporating it's source code within) proprietary hardware. This includes stand-alone software distribution or inclusion on a hardware appliance, docker container, virtual machine, etc. We do sell licenses which permit this as part of the Nmap OEM program which funds the Nmap Project. [...] Hi, while the above excerpt is only the explanation of the license, and not the license itself, I think it is absolutely clear that including nmap in anything and selling it as a product is prohibited (even if the source is included). I fail to see how that will not immediately render the whole thing non-free. If something similar used to be in the source code before, it was already non-free before. Christoph
