Hi,
The FRR package contains code, e.g. in the ldpd and babeld directories
notably, which can not function without the assistance of and
orchestration of GPL code; code whose function can not be understood
without reference to the GPL source code - this FRR code is deriving of
the GPL code (as per multiple sets of legal advice available to me),
which I hold copyright in.
The code concerned however is explicitly /not/ being distributed under
the terms required by the GPL licence, but rather much weaker licences
(BSD or MIT/X11, e.g.). Licenses which fail to implement the reciprocal
source code publication conditions of the GPL, amongst other things.
This is no accident. It is a deliberate campaign to undermine the GPL on
this code-base, to normalise the stripping of copyleft requirement from
it, and permit the ability to build proprietary works on top of it.
E.g., see:
https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/issues/1923
It is - I am advised - not permitted by the GPL and infringing of my
copyright in thise code-base, and also incitement to commit copyright
infringement. As such, the termination clause of the GPL became
applicable to FRR.
Use and distribution is unlicensed.
I reserve the right to recover damages and compensation, to the greatest
extent allowed by relevant laws, from anyone any unlicensed use or
distribution of code I hold copyright in.
regards,
--
Paul Jakma | [email protected] | @pjakma | Key ID: 0xD86BF79464A2FF6A
Fortune:
"What I've done, of course, is total garbage."
-- R. Willard, Pure Math 430a
