Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:22:41 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFilter not free software? Message-ID: <20010525092241.D94861@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010525091225.C94861@lpt.ens.fr>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Fri, May 25, 2001 at 09:12:25AM %2B0200 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>
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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
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