Comment Re:overblown (Score 5) 65
No, it was not overblown.
The OpenBSD Project, admittedly, made a mistake by including IPF initially. The fact that Daren Reed did NOT change the license, he clarified it. Any copyright lawyer would tell you that OpenBSD could NOT have continued using IPF (and really, should not have to begin with).
If I may, this was the original statement:
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that this notice is preserved and due credit is given
* to the original author and the contributors.
Notice the lack of "with or without modification", as is standard in a BSD style license. This DOES INDEED mean that modification is not permitted (wihtout prior approval of course)
I am sick and tired of the FUD that is being spread that just because "Theo didn't like it" IPF was removed, this is not the case.
OpenBSD is used by several commercial organizations who also modify it. OpenBSD has a responsibility to those organizations, and if they must get Daren's permission before they change anything that OpenBSD distributes, it is not in the best interest of those organizations or of OpenBSD.
OpenBSD has taken the high road by avoiding issues later by removing it to prevent any confusion for it's users.
The OpenBSD Project, admittedly, made a mistake by including IPF initially. The fact that Daren Reed did NOT change the license, he clarified it. Any copyright lawyer would tell you that OpenBSD could NOT have continued using IPF (and really, should not have to begin with).
If I may, this was the original statement:
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that this notice is preserved and due credit is given
* to the original author and the contributors.
Notice the lack of "with or without modification", as is standard in a BSD style license. This DOES INDEED mean that modification is not permitted (wihtout prior approval of course)
I am sick and tired of the FUD that is being spread that just because "Theo didn't like it" IPF was removed, this is not the case.
OpenBSD is used by several commercial organizations who also modify it. OpenBSD has a responsibility to those organizations, and if they must get Daren's permission before they change anything that OpenBSD distributes, it is not in the best interest of those organizations or of OpenBSD.
OpenBSD has taken the high road by avoiding issues later by removing it to prevent any confusion for it's users.
