On Wed, 30 May 2001, Tony Lambiris wrote:
>> Actually, I thought those comments were remarkably restrained, given the
>> source. Theo is, shall we say, not known for tact. :-)
>
> Theo's tact is concise and straight to the point.
Um, that's not tact. Look it up in the dictionary. :-)
> That's one of the main reasons I like the project so much. He doesn't
> waste time on politics or talking. Show me the code. It gets stuff done
> faster.
I like that, too. Ditto Linus. But that doesn't mean it's tact. :-)
> It's not a huge deal. OpenBSD 2.9 is being released with IPF, so as long
> as they aren't tracking -current, there shouldnt be a problem.
The problem is, this "clarification" means that all previous releases of
OpenBSD which include IPFilter *ARE ILLEGAL*.
You may not care about that, but a great many people and companies do.
> That means the OpenBSD team has 6 months to either come to an agreement
> with Darren ...
Where did you get this figure of six months? Seriously. As far as I know,
copyright infringement doesn't have a grace period. :-)
> IMHO, Darren is being a complete jerk about this.
No argument there.
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