Subject: Re: ipf's future
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/27/2001 13:15:42
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 08:28:08PM -0500, emre@vsrc.uab.edu wrote:

> > I don't know if any of you have been following the flame mess on 
> > misc@openbsd.org, but they are talking about writing their own packet
> > filter to replace ipf, due to the recent license conflicts.  Is there

Not just talking about it. But it is already happening.
"pf is now developed in the OpenBSD CVS tree (-current)"
http://www.benzedrine.cx/pf.html

> > anything like that planned for NetBSD? Is IPF staying in the source
> > tree? Does anyone know? :-\

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> The situation has been cleared between Darren and the NetBSD core team,
> so IPF can stay in the NetBSD source tree with an acceptable licence.

Where is this documented?

So I can take this code from NetBSD and modify the source (with out
asking) and sell it in another product?

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/basesrc/dist/ipf/LICENCE hasn't
changed in a while.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/