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Custom OpenBSD 3.0 with IPFilter From Darren Reed

Posted by timothy on from the isos-to-follow dept.

rjk191 writes: "Darren Reed, the author of IPFilter, has created his own release of OpenBSD which puts IPFilter back in. IPFilter was removed from OpenBSD 3.0 by the OpenBSD team due to license issues. See his newsgroup posting that announces it here." Here's the whole thread for some more information.

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  1. and headlining todays issue of duh by r00tarted · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    conflict surrounding the openbsd project
    next story please.

  2. Amusing by hettberg · · Score: 5, Flamebait

    OpenBSD team wants to get changes incorporated into IPF. Darren no respond.
    Ask again -> No respond. Darren coder supreme.
    OpenBSD decide to make changes, but only in OpenBSD source tree. Darren hears, gets angry! Decides: "LICENSE NO ALLOW!"

    Insert Flame War.

    OpenBSD team decide to switch to different packet filter under BSD license. Because Project Goal: Every user should be able to make changes to source tree. IPF license bad!!
    Darren try get back: says, NetBSD, FreeBSD allowed! MUAHAHAHAH!!!
    Theo say: no care, pf much better than ipf!
    Darren changes mind: changes license. But OpenBSD will not change back to ipf. Darren even much more bitter.
    Darren so bitterbitter. Decides: I'LL GET BACK BY FORKING OPENBSD AND RELEASING MY OWN VERSION. HEHEHEHEHE.

    Conclusion: Open source, closed minds.

    I find this very amusing.

  3. Intresting..... by jsimon12 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Whoever is Moderating replies on this sub, seems quite slanted towards PF. Oh well so much for unbiases media (like that EVER happens anyway anywhere). Guess I will get Trolled for this one.

  4. What a Colossal Asshole. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sure, it may be legal under the BSD license, but it's still not cool to fork off for something as stupid and trivial as this. Nice way to piss off an entire community of OBSDers. Does he think his packet filter crap is the CENTRE of OpenBSD? That's like buying a forked version of Windows that ONLY has WordPad, not Notepad. Big deal. Not enough to base a distro around. What an assholio.

    And how long does Reed think this will last, splitting up the 7000 or so OpenBSD users? What a fucking goof. He's probably just trying to hurt Theo's distro financially in retaliation for Theo not liking Reed's "Fucked up Licensing Scheme"(TM). GAY. What a waste of time. That's the opensource disadvantage- Microsoft wouldn't let shit like this happen.

    And what's up with you fucking Linux script kiddie retards worshipping Apple all of a sudden? Don't you remember the fucking GPL? Was that all talk until you could get a pretty fucking GUI?
    Sellout bastards. You disgust even me.

    As you can tell from my language, I'm a BSD user.
    OpenBSD, Closed Ports. Eat Me.

    _Monkeyman X_

    Yeah, mod me as a troll. "Mod up moderate contemporary comments that promote the status quo, mod down extreme or abrasive comments that force the truth on an unwilling herd."
    You can't handle the truth. Die, mods, die.