On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 11:56 PM, Han Boetes wrote:
[...] >> Hmm..., that sounds just plain childish to me. My godness... > > The explanation isn't really good. Well, I was short on time... =) But your explanation is right on... that's exactly my feelings as well, and that is exactly the point. Some authors feel very strongly this way, and I don't disagree with them (for example djb). Some, like djb, make their license reflect this and it seems restrictive; others, like Theo et. all, keep their license free (BSD), but still prefer things the same way. I try to work with them like that as much as possible, regardless of the license. I also agree with you about openssh being a critical app, one I prefer not to fsck around with too much. Too much damage can be caused by carelessly adding features. That being said, the authors haven't indicated much about this particular add-on. I don't think it would be a problem to include it, I just don't want to do it. If it makes it into openssh, fine. I'm not 100% sure of the reasoning behind it, and it doesn't look all that useful yet... it seems to me that this is just a "patch" to make their commercial program work better... I've not seen an open-source app to take advantage of it yet. And until that happens, it's usefulness is limited (in my opinion). -- MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ "lynx - source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" {FE6F2AFD: 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD}
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