On 8/17/07, Blue Boar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> C Q wrote:
> > Nmap's license is horrible... Even using nmap output
> > implies a derived work (I might be thinking of something
> > else, so please correct me if I'm mistaken)... But because
> > Fyodor is not trying to commercially benefit from it there
> > isn't as much fuss about it where in case of Nessus,
> > Snort, and MySQL it looks bad.
>
> Fyodor sells commercial licenses. It's a very similar arrangement to the
> others you mention.

JIC you fergot, having a good app you lease to commercial interests is the goal

nothing wrong with that, its when you invent a network protocol with
errors, push it out to the world, then patent the fix for 20 yrs that
you become a hindrance

-JP<who tried to patent flushing yer turd, unsuccessfully>
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