--On Tuesday, July 17, 2007 14:48:05 +1000 Matt Jonkman
<jonkman@bleedingthreats.net> wrote:
(Mirror from my site post:
http://www.bleedingthreats.net/index.php/2007/07/17/still-no-word-from-so
urcefire-about-their-license-changes/ )
Victor Julien (co-author of the inline portions of Snort) posted in his
blog a while ago about the license changes to Snort that Sourcefire is
trying to slip by. They have made a mass change to the Snort code, even
that parts they do NOT hold the copyright about.
Victor and myself have asked and blogged about the issue and after weeks
have no response from Sourcefire. Victor doesn't want the license on his
code changed, and hasn't been able to get a response from Sourcefire.
I personally don't have code in there, but I am concerned at the
motivation of this change, as well as the lack of respect for the
contributors rights. Victor has put up a new post which puts things very
well:
http://www.inliniac.net/blog/2007/07/16/snort-license-changes-revisited.h
tml
I echo that sentiment, and add my concerns here:
What is the issue in GPLv3 that Sourcefire is concerned about?
What are Sourcefire's intentions for the future of Snort then?
Why is CVS no longer accessible?
Is it possible to get any response from Sourcefire about this? A lot of
us rely on this code, and it's not all owned by sourcefire. If we can't
trust Sourcefire to even communicate with us, then I think we need to
start thinking about a new home for Snort.
If you want the community's trust, you have to communicate!
I read Victor's blog post. Can you explain what the practical effect of
the change is? It would appear that there is something in the GPLv3
license that they don't like.
--
Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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