> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul D. Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> On Tue, 29 May 2001, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
>
> > On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 07:36:20PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > The license has always been that way[...]
> >
> > Thats not true[...]
>
> The license hasn't changed, just its wording[...]
[etc]
Let's just call that bit irrelevant. 8)
> Just like
> DJB with Qmail, Darren wants to control distribution, and
> either people
> will allow that, or they'll use another application to do the
> same thing.
Which is his perogative.
[...]
> It's his code, and his license, I'm not sure why everyone
> sems to want to
> take them both away from him.
[...]
> People are free to use or not use IPFilter as-is, seek a
> specific license
> from the author for changes, or play with other software.
[...]
> What's not clear to me is if fixing a bug isn't disallowed by
> the current
> license, and that's more worrysome to me than if it's an official Open
> Source application. A seperate section allowing local-only
> modification
> would make this a much better license from my perspective.
And there's the rub. Given the "default deny" license theory, no source code
modification is allowed at all under that license, even for local use, is
it? In fact, that would make anyone who helped out with patches on the dev
list in breach of the license terms...
Darren - that's not your intent, is it? In fact, could you issue some sort
of statement soon? Lots of people are getting their knickers in a twist.
Can people use unmodified, complete IPF in their distros, or in commercial
products?
Can people fix bugs and then not redistribute the code (ie send patches to
the appropriate dev list)?
Would you consider rewriting your license agreement as an IPF filter list to
make it easier to understand? ;)
Cheers!
--
Ben Nagy
Network Security Specialist
Marconi Services Australia Pty Ltd
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