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IPF license non-free

IPF license non-free

Posted May 30, 2004 1:04 UTC (Sun) by bignose (subscriber, #40)
In reply to: ipfilter on GNU/Linux: Is It Finally Here? (Linux Journal) by allesfresser
Parent article: ipfilter on GNU/Linux: Is It Finally Here? (Linux Journal)

Specifically, the license granted on the code did not allow redistribution of modified or derivative works (and the author "clarified" this explicitly, during the break with OpenBSD), and thus was not a free software license.


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IPF license non-free: OpenBSD CVS log

Posted May 30, 2004 1:11 UTC (Sun) by bignose (subscriber, #40) [Link]

Here is the CVS log showing why IPF was removed from OpenBSD: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sbin/ipf/Attic/ipf.c

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