On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 22:26, guitarlynn wrote:
> On Saturday 31 August 2002 23:07, Peter Robinson wrote:
> > Here is a question for the LEAF Project:
> > Once there is a web interface to LEAF what is going to stop people
> > from packaging it and selling it as a firewall solution?
> > It easily rivals many commercial products in its current state and is
> > vastly superior to many already. In fact I know of at least 2
> > commercial products based on LEAF. I'm not sure how the LEAF project
> > feels about that as it's intentions are pure.
> >
> > It is the "easy to use interface" that seperates LEAF from commercial
> > products! For example as a pure packetfiltering firewall IPTables is
> > superior to the Checkpoint firewall1 but FW1 is massive , Why ? cos
> > of the "easy to use interface" (and subtle marketing).
> >
> > I have seen questions about commercial support for LEAF already and
> > wonder how long till it becomes a commercial project like SNORT,
> > Mosquito etc.
> 
> I do not see LEAF becoming a commercial project, as it is a collection
> of somewhat similar projects and is not a single project.

Lynn,
LEAF is a single project that uses evolution as a development model.

Evolution as a project development model
http://www.mail-archive.com/leaf-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg04541.html

> LEAF may be
> used in commercial settings and run on commercially-sold machines
> as long as the licensing is not violated. I think many of us simply want
> the credit we are due for the work we have put into it. You can sell
> the hardware, you can sell the labor, you can sell support, you can
> sell the media with LEAF pre-loaded as long as you follow the 
> licensing. Shoot, maybe one or more of them would like to donate
> some testing equipment or a T-1 for higher-end development!

Agreed.

-- 
Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/
http://leaf-project.org/



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