On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 05:11:48PM -0500, astronut wrote: > > The DFSG #5 states that "The license must not discriminate against any > person or group of persons." > Although nmap is liscenced under the GPL, it specifically forbids the > SCO Group from distributing nmap.
That is not discrimination against any specific person or group-- the GPL states (section 4 and 5) that companies must accept the GPL in order to redistribute GPL'd software such as Nmap. Since SCO refuses to accept the GPL terms, they have no right to redistribute Nmap. This clarification in the changelog is not meant to modify the Nmap license, but only to provide a concrete example of how we interpret the GPL. SCO has no right to redistribute Nmap unless they accept its license terms. Accordingly, I believe that they have ceased distribution of Nmap. This exact issue has been hashed over by legal minds much better than me in the Slashdot and Groklaw articles on the topic. Cheers, Fyodor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
