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OpenBSD Meets The Cat License Sketch [updated]

Posted by timothy on from the there's-no-such-thing dept.

Ash'aman writes "The OpenBSD crew have just posted lyrics and illustrations for the upcoming release of OpenBSD 3.5. Included is a hillarious parody of the Monty Python 'cat license' sketch with respect to their battle against software patents over redundancy protocols. Check it out here." The sketch is ready; the software is listed with a May 1st release date. As several Monty Python fans have pointed out, the original sketch is officially called the fish license sketch; the cat just comes earlier in the script.

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  1. kudos to openbsd by raffe · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Big kudos to the openbsd people for moving away from patents. It foss doesnt look carefully software patents will cruch us!

  2. Insane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is insane!!! I find it quite ridiculous; look at the measures that the OpenBSD folks had to go through just to implement a Free protocol.

    Well, I guess we should abandon all OSS/GPL software and OS'.

    I am not a OpenBSD user but I do support their idea to implement a free version of a commercial product or invent their own from scratch. And I am quite disappointed about them having a hard time getting a port assignment from IANA.

    1. Re:Insane by Nimrangul · · Score: 5, Interesting
      CARP is truly one of the best advancements the OpenBSD team have come up with yet.

      And I know it is flamebait to some, but I think the best part is that it is actually free, rather than free as defined by the Free Software Foundation.

      --
      I'm sick of following my dreams - I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.
  3. Linux implementation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    An implementation on Linux would certainly be helpful in making this implementation more widespread -- and let's face it -- there is no viable alternative for a *free* operating system. It is pretty clear the IETF have long ago been infiltrated and taken over by corporate interests and will probably never again support truely open standards. And you know what, I have a lot more faith in the ability of the OpenBSD developers chances of making a halfway decent and secure protocol than Ciscos.

    (This really deserve more attention than a 'BSD article will get. Slashdot really should have put this somewhere more front and center. No slight to the 'BSDs intended, it is just a sad fact.)