Am 13.02.2014 17:54, schrieb Andrew Hull: > [...] I've noticed that the pfSense pre-install image was > customized with Netgate branding and the firmware auto-update mechanism > was set to a Netgate URL. > > Has this been discussed on the list before? I don't think often for what I can remember. > > My knee jerk reaction is that this is A Bad Thing(tm), and I reloaded > the devices with images from ESF. Does anyone here have a strong opinion > one way or the other?
No worries, that's how open source works, and in case of the BSD license there are are almost all liberties to do derivative products, as long as you follow minimal rules and trademark (pfSense and the logo are trademarks of ESF). Netgate allows you to run what image you like, other (non pfSense) appliance vendors are way less nice :-) Common guess: Beyond branding, their images may contain pre-done tuning for the hardware that makes it perform at its best without extra user intervention. In comparison, at one place I have a 3-letter brand server running pfSense and I had to spend some time on loader.conf.local and tunings to make all NICs work and work good (props to ESF staff who assisted). Quick history: BSD Perimeter moved from Kentucky (in 2012) to Texas and reinstated as ESF. Jim Thompson from Netgate (also Texas) got involved with ESF, he is actually active in both companies. That may explain why Netgate is permitted to redistribute modifed images without the need to rename the resulting product binaries or replacing the logos. (Jim, correct me I'm writing this out of my memory, I remember there was once a post or a mailing list discussion) -- Mat _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
