At 01:21 PM 12/18/02 +0800, you (Leon Brooks) wrote: > since all of the pieces except for a little > blue Mandrake glue are available elsewhere, and usually under the > GPL, it seems 100% legal to use all but the restricted `blue glue' > software under the previous conditions of use.
have you looked at the license for DansGuardian - a component of MNF ? It's Gpl all right (it has been approved by the pope :-)), but it's certainly not your run-of-the-mill Gpl. Basically you get one free download; if you want to download it more than one time, to get fixes for example (including security fixes) from the official site or the 'approved' mirrors, and if you use it for _commercial_ usage, you have to pay. Btw, Mandrake's name is in the license explanation as an exemple of a customer who has to pay <g> So it seems that Mandrake is not alone in thinking that security products deserve specially crafted licenses. Gerard
