Greg, The core of Locustworld's meshing distro is AODV (http://w3.antd.nist.gov/wctg/aodv_kernel/index.html)
To quote the NIST's site (http://w3.antd.nist.gov/wctg/aodv_kernel/kaodv_download.htm) 'This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code this software is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Kernel AODV is an experimental system. NIST assumes no responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other characteristic. We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used.' Roll your own Meshing distro..... Regards Eden > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Herlein > Sent: 11 March 2003 23:24 > To: Mark Malewski > Cc: 'Adam J. Richter'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [BAWUG] RE: Let's create a global organization > > > > fathers" of the free community networks (for their use). > Originally we > > were going to release the software under a GPL license, but > we decided > > against that, because way too much sweat and work went into > this project > > to have a commercial company (RAINBOW PROJECT) just come in > and steal > > it... is criminal. > > Well, then you are not open source either - you are just like a > commercial entity only you aren't charging for your code. > > You might want to consider a license that prohibits use of the > software commercially. Ie, if they use it to make money, they > have to get a commercial license. That way the average open-node > advocate to look at your code, help you, and not have to meet > some mysterious "founding father of the wireless > community" status to get access. > > Go see what bitkeeper has done for source code management - they > have a similar license to what I describe. > > Greg > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
