Yes, this has been on the message board before, however, I am not at all convinced we are getting consistent information.
1) There are a numerous amount of plugins the are state GPL and use the sbm.inc file. 2) I ask Renuad about this and he states "some" are GPL. 3) I mention three specfic plugins below. He states ssh_get_info.nasl and rpm.inc are not GPL. However, if you read below, you see Renuad replies a "yes" to GPL on "some" of the smb_nt.... plugins. Also, these GPL plugins use smb_nt.inc. 4)Then you see this in CVS (how convienent on timing): ##### CVS log for nessus-plugins/scripts/smb_nt.inc Revision 1.76 / (view) - annotate - [select for diffs] , Thu Jan 6 17:36:15 2005 UTC (22 hours, 58 minutes ago) by renaud Branch: MAIN CVS Tags: HEAD Changes since 1.75: +4 -1 lines Diff to previous 1.75 (C) clarification ##### Does this "(C) clarification" now mean that the smb.inc cannot be used to produce GPL plugins? --- M J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Renuad, > > I see plugins using ssh_get_info that are GPL posted > by you in CVS. So you get to cherry pick/decide > what > plugins are GPL? I know and respect that you have a > MAJORITY in the contribution to Nessus... Haven't > others though too? I see something horribly wrong in > your approach here... > > Based on what I have read in GPLv2, I'm coming to > the > conclusion ANYTHING written in NASL should be GPL. A > plugin requires libnasl (which is 100% GPL'd) to > work > correctly or matter of fact to work at all... > Doesn't > that make EVERY plugin GPL (aka Derivative Work)? > > I've been reading GPLv2 over and over here... > > It's funny, the ONLY license that came across prior > to > your Dec 7th change is GPLv2. Can you please direct > me > to the license (Pre Dec 7th) that that ACTUALLY > states > otherwise? > > I'm sorry, I don't have a lawyer at my side. If I > did, > I wouldn't be asking you for direction on this > issue. > If it takes a lawyer to tell me what I can/can't do > with a supposed/kind of sorta GPL code...we'll > that's > just plain wrong. ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO > APPROPRIATELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT!!! > > This comes from: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic > > I heard that someone got a copy of a GPL'ed program > under another license. Is this possible? > > The GNU GPL does not give users permission to attach > other licenses to the program. But the copyright > holder for a program can release it under several > different licenses in parallel. One of them may be > the > GNU GPL. The license that comes in your copy, > assuming > it was put in by the copyright holder and that you > got > the copy legitimately, is the license that applies > to > your copy. > > I would like to release a program I wrote under the > GNU GPL, but I would like to use the same code in > non-free programs. > > To release a non-free program is always ethically > tainted, but legally there is no obstacle to your > doing this. If you are the copyright holder for the > code, you can release it under various different > non-exclusive licenses at various times. > > > > --- Renaud Deraison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 06:52:03AM -0800, M J > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > The reason i'm a bit confused here is becuase > you > > have > > > certain plugins (smb_nt_....) that have the > exact > > same > > > code (actual test code not description), however > > have > > > different copyrights and none have the mention > of > > GPL. > > > Based on what I read in GPLv2, I see that kind > of > > > plugin is a GPL plugin, correct? > > > > Some plugins are released under the GPL, so yes. > > > > > My primary concern... > > > If I write a Fedora check and use the > > ssh_getinfo.nasl > > > and the rpm.inc, do you consider that a GPL > > plugin? > > > > ssh_get_info.nasl is not under the GPL. Also if > you > > use rpm.inc, you use > > Tenable code, so at that point you probably want > to > > see with your lawyer > > regarding the legality of using the file. > > > > > > -- Renaud > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
