Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:30:26 GMT From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/74861: Support to ISL VLANS? Message-ID: <200412140930.iBE9UQxn074288@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/74861; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/74861: Support to ISL VLANS? Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:29:29 +0000 --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 09:22:25PM +0300, Yar Tikhiy wrote: >=20 > The code from Joe Marcus Clarke looks like a protocol dissector for > some kind of a network sniffer while I've got an if_isl driver > working in 4-STABLE. However, it may not be included into FreeBSD > for licensing reasons I described. The very ISL _specification_ > is under a restrictive license by Cisco, not code implementing it. > On the one hand, I doubt that Cisco would sue a network sniffer > project for including an ISL dissector, but on the other hand, we > would be asking for legal trouble if we added if_isl to FreeBSD > since it would be a real application of the encumbered protocol. > There were enough license wars in the nearest past out there. >=20 > Taking this into consideration, I think this PR can be closed. >=20 Sounds fair. Would you like to do the honours? Regards, Joe --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkG+snkACgkQXVIcjOaxUBYUTgCgoorcJ67UyQrtEfsY2A9FKcBu MH0AoKOxGcmVKQR9HdOZP3UeJHEUvZ6z =l3cL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--
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