On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:55:26 -0800, Fyodor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > 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 >
Wow...a response from Fyodor himself. Let me first thank you for all your hard work on nmap, and your contributions to the security world. I had brought this issue up in the #debian IRC channel, and discussion had somewhat died so I submitted the report. Later, the discussion was renewed, and that point was clarified. I'd withdraw the bug, but I believe the package maintainer has to do that. Anyway, thanks for your timely response, and thanks again for all the work you do. -astronut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
