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Changes In IPFilter License

Posted by Hemos on from the dumb-move dept.

tom writes "It seems that the BSD community will have to face, presently and in the future, some copyright problems. In fact, the IPFilter code is copyrighted by Darren Reed who recently added the following to his license : "...Yes, this means that derivative or modified works are not permitted without the author's prior consent. " This little add radically changes the status of the software which can not be considered >as open source anymore. Shall this modification influence the future of projects such as the OpenBSD, who actually uses a modified version of IPFilter? This originally came from Linux Weekly News." It's down towards the bottom of the page, now.

2 comments

  1. BSD was "too" secure anyway :) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    If BSD loses its firewalling system, we'll get a healthier competition for the title of "most secure operating system".

  2. /me by laptop006 · · Score: 1

    Tried to send a long post but Novell's bordermangager s**t doesn't like doing stuff that makes sense...
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    Laptop006 (RHCE: That means I know what I'm talking about! When talking about linux at least...)

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