> > At this point as long as Darren works for Oracle, his thoughts and any > work he generates at this time belongs to Oracle... so in the least > amount of words, you would not want Darren to contribute anything to > ipfilter right now as it would ultimately be owned by Oracle. > > So... fork it, or otherwise its dead in the water unless Darren finds a > way to contribute to it without jeopardizing its integrity. > > http://marc.info/?l=ipfilter&m=127340750503475&w=2 > > -- > > jhell,v >
That's a shame, because I believe I recently confirmed a problem report that is still gathering dust in the FreeBSD database and not responded to. The problem states that the "portmap" directive does not work properly, and we have network dumps of the command shredding our packets as they transit the firewall. Here is the thing: Even if Darren can no longer maintain ipfilter, what does it cost him to put a word on the main website saying so? He doesn't even really need to elaborate why. All he has to do is say something like "forks are welcome - goodbye and good luck", and he can get this off his back. SC
