Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 02:33:16 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Dennis Jun <dennisjun@home.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD licence vs GPL Message-ID: <20010221023316.A49953@mollari.cthul.hu> In-Reply-To: <007101c09be9$04ff4f60$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 01:31:07AM -0800 References: <046d01c09bd0$1e8bdfc0$0300a8c0@wilma> <007101c09be9$04ff4f60$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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--9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 01:31:07AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > To give you some examples of why this is so stupid, there have been a number > of security vulnerabilities posted in the last couple of years that > were repaired in publc BSD code within a day of release of knowledge > of the vulnerability, yet commercial software vendors (who purported to > be using Real Live BSD networking code) took weeks to issue patches. > Well I can tell you, this is a recipie for getting your commercial software > ejected from any self-respecting ISP. Worse; I have the nasty suspicion that a lot of them NEVER get fixed, and lurk around forever letting people who realise this fact take advantage of them. So there's a definite advantage to staying close the BSD community, even though the license doesn't require them to. Kris --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6k5lsWry0BWjoQKURAiNMAKDOcu/KQ6j2WlalD57ju+i/z5Pm9wCglHVM +Wd+yo8Fpgdo1VVV1CimdM4= =trmM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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