From owner-freebsd-security Mon May 15 11:12:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8CFC37B78B for ; Mon, 15 May 2000 11:12:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e4FIiSe02580; Mon, 15 May 2000 11:44:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 11:44:28 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Brett Glass Cc: Paul Hart , mike@minivend.com, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (forw) Back door in Minivend Message-ID: <20000515114427.B249@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <4.3.1.2.20000515094342.045eb7e0@localhost> <4.3.1.2.20000515115811.045e6690@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000515115811.045e6690@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Mon, May 15, 2000 at 12:00:37PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Brett Glass [000515 11:38] wrote: > At 10:04 AM 5/15/2000, Paul Hart wrote: > > >On Mon, 15 May 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > > > > > According to Bruce Perens, the next version of the GPL will impose > > > nasty conditions upon service providers and merchants who use GPLed > > > code, such as requiring them to reveal all of their in-house additions > > > to it even if they do not redistribute it. > > > >And how much FUD spinning is that? SPIN IT BABY!! > > It's not FUD; it is the absolute truth. I have the tape of the session > at the February LinuxWorld in which Bruce said that -- emphatically. > > One of these days, people will begin to get the idea that the GPL is > not actually about freedom. It is, rather, a weapon of spite and an > attempt to accumulate power and control. I'm wondering about the following situation: Let's say postgresql was GPL'd (someone suggested it recently), now I have some custom mods to it that I use for the backend of some e-commerce site that charges a fee for it's use, perhaps some business to business application. Shouldn't I be obligated to release my source (at least my modified Postgresql source) because I'm selling the application which incorperates a GPL'd program that I've modified even though it's run over the web? Doesn't that qualify as some sort of distribution which would fall under the GPL's requirements that I distribute my code? Just wondering... -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message