From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 25 0:22:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6A3537B422 for ; Fri, 25 May 2001 00:22:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Rahul.Siddharthan@lpt.ens.fr) Received: from corto.lpt.ens.fr (corto.lpt.ens.fr [129.199.122.2]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id f4P7M8R08317 ; Fri, 25 May 2001 09:22:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from (rsidd@localhost) by corto.lpt.ens.fr (8.9.3/jtpda-5.3.1) id JAA96408 ; Fri, 25 May 2001 09:22:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:22:41 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Brett Glass , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFilter not free software? Message-ID: <20010525092241.D94861@lpt.ens.fr> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010524053451.0443c350@localhost> <20010524122010.C52234@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010524053451.0443c350@localhost> <20010524144947.I52234@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010525005922.04754280@localhost> <20010525091225.C94861@lpt.ens.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010525091225.C94861@lpt.ens.fr>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Fri, May 25, 2001 at 09:12:25AM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Rahul Siddharthan said on May 25, 2001 at 09:12:25: > Brett Glass said on May 25, 2001 at 01:00:04: > > >This confirms my impression that when you read something, you think it > > >means whatever you want it to mean. He didn't give consent for > > >modification, only for redistribution. > > > > He said that he was granting permission for "use" in source form. One > > of the uses of source is to create derivative works. > > Maybe Theo de Raadt will use that argument, if things get nasty. But > it's not at all an obvious interpretation, and it's quite clearly not > the author's intention. To quote from his mail, And (sorry, I can't resist saying this) -- if you, in particular, respect the author's rights and dislike stealing software, as you constantly claim to do, you should respect the author's clearly stated intentions: not look for loopholes in his exact wording to cheat him of what he wants. - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message