1) I wonder why they didn't sponsor the original FreeSWAN project in the first place? Why did FreeSWAN have to die bacause of lack of funding? Now THE FreeSWANs source is used by the OpenSWAN project, and they get sponsoring. Can anyone explain?
2) Is opportunistic encryption still a priority for the FreeSWAN project as it was for OpenSWAN? I didn't see any mention of it on their starting page.
"The GNU GPL allows you to fork the code and keep the source, and any further modifications, for yourself. Since you're not obligated to redistribute changes, that means that the GPL allows you to "privately close source" something."
Yes, but then you must not distribute the code to anyone in any form. That is, Apple couldn't release the binaries they made out of the GPLed sources either, thus making anything unusable for them, as they need to actually release the software to sell it.
Sounds logical?
Ela.
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1) I wonder why they didn't sponsor the original FreeSWAN project in the first place? Why did FreeSWAN have to die bacause of lack of funding? Now THE FreeSWANs source is used by the OpenSWAN project, and they get sponsoring. Can anyone explain?
2) Is opportunistic encryption still a priority for the FreeSWAN project as it was for OpenSWAN? I didn't see any mention of it on their starting page.
Yes, but then you must not distribute the code to anyone in any form. That is, Apple couldn't release the binaries they made out of the GPLed sources either, thus making anything unusable for them, as they need to actually release the software to sell it. Sounds logical? Ela.