Yup this topic is going to get some running for the gas can as if djb himself was involved. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Hinze To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Sent: 10/16/03 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Note about Smoothwall vs. IPCOP On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 22:14:30 -0500 Todd Young <auditodd at comcast.net> wrote: > I haven't received the digest yet, but apparently there is some > concern about Smoothwall having a "backdoor" built into it. This is > utter nonsense, most likely propagated by the people at IPCOP to > justify their stolen version of Smoothwall's GPL'd software. Smoothwall licensed their distro as GPL. IPCOP used their codebase, also releasing under GPL. This is perfectly legit, conforming as the GPL as it is written. I see nothing wrong with this, nothing at all. > To be quite blunt, IPCOP stole SmoothWall's work and put their own > name on it. No-one stole Smoothwall's work. It was a fork of their GPL project, released legitimately also under the GPL. I strongly urge you to read the GPL someday. I think that would clear things up. But I gotta hand it to you, you really know how to start a flamewar! _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list