On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 02:41:16PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > > - There are allegedly licensing issues associated with redistributing the
> > > root.
> >
> > It's really neither here nor there considering all the other issues,
> > but when you mentioned this I was expecting their terms to be totally
> > off the wall.
> >
> > http://www.cacert.org/policy/RootDistributionLicense.php
> >
> > That's actually pretty sane to me. Basically the BSD license. It is
> > true, however, that we aren't in compliance. Whether or not a root
> > cert can be copyrighted, that at least would be an easy problem to
> > rectify. But it's really the least of our concerns, I think.
>
> Well, I think it is bullshit.
>
> They are copyrighting a number created by a piece of software, wrapped
> inside a standardized container.
>
> I've got a file containing the number 1. Don't you dare...
The whole purpose of a certificate is to *publish* information to an
as wide as possible audience. The more people know your certificate,
the better. In that light it is very strange for CACert even trying to
copyright it.
-Otto
