-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 13:33:39 +0200 "Peter J. Philipp" <p...@delphinusdns.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 08:04:49AM -0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > On 2024-06-05, Peter J. Philipp <p...@delphinusdns.org> wrote: > > > I have been made aware of hearsay that someone took my open source code > > > protected under the same license as OpenBSD and sold it for a lot of > > > money. > > > > There is nothing in either the ISC license used in OpenBSD (or in the > > GNU public license for that matter), to prevent people from doing that. > > People who receive the code under that license are of course allowed > > to pass it on though. > > > > The ethos of the license typically used for OpenBSD code is basically > > "do what you want with this code" (but expressed in a way that tries to > > cover all the bases). If you want to restrict commercial use then it's > > the wrong license to use. > > > > > I have no proof of this personally but I ask you to help me find evidence > > > of > > > this. There is not much I can do about this, except if the person or > > > persons > > > were stupid enough to change the license to their names. > > > > If they've removed or changed the license, that isn't allowed (though they > > can add an additional license for changes). Actual enforcement might well > > be difficult/expensive though. > > That's why I'm spreading the word for people to keep their eyes open for me as > just gathering proof is difficult for one person alone. They would surely > report pirate copies of OpenBSD if they existed as well. > > In regards to forking and leaving the license in place that is 100% ok with > me. I even advocated this to others. It is the removal of the license that > is the offence. Otherwise we'd all be using Microsoft OpenBSD written by > Bill Gates himself by now (sarcasm). > > If the person who did this is living in a communist country there is little > chance that I would reach them as WIPO has no jurisdiction there. However > through sanctions and tariffs large countries like the US can cause pressure > on the other system as we've seen with the whole risc-v debacle which I'm > sure isn't over yet. Wouldn't wanna get caught up in that cluskerthuck, mate. There's plenty of the One-eyed there too, so just breathin' the what where when or why of Who cheated Whom will see some justice served on the ground. Dhu > > It needs to be said that Open Source does not mean free for all to do whatever > they please. You are still locked into the IP laws of your country and if the > software has a license you must abide to that. Removing Copyright and putting > your own license on it, is something an idiot who has no clue would do. > > And I plan to sue whoever damages the intellectual property system that I've > built on top of with Open Source. I believe in this system. > > Best Regards, > -pjp > > -- > ** all info about me: lynx https://callpeter.tel, dig loc delphinusdns.org ** > > -- Je suis Canadien. Ce n'est pas Francais ou Anglais. C'est une esp`ece de sauvage: ne obliviscaris, vix ea nostra voco;-) Duncan Patton a Campbell -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGzBAEBCAAdFiEEqge1PVqb4YiiKJRjW+0jaAWoWygFAmZhG3oACgkQW+0jaAWo Wyiv/gv+Kns6ICurcUnmXtGRbfFEepBs0foe4AbpbG+Bu6J3zD02zcgOtMpc+BqY zLXiA87h3yb14IMasqm1FBiJr1gljsRnwLr/sSzQups2ynM3JI/cJX/cYa2HWVf6 PK2aWc7IFTAR8CZP7pAfpnlipUT2kGyo/DdRmA60bYDopIfh6YCNeXNbm6dMk22a CMvYRUQ1g7xVVVRsj9iI0YkDld3Ls/ffQHNRTlQqrHLV5iWSHiWvM9AvNVeGcxD/ QeWthOyjkCnxm8W2FzO2CB8pJPw9RS784wl6FKnHy6xiyIH0EHr6qXXxj6JxoeHY 9x/AZeR1Epr1rv90NrD946Z8+m9OyuEFOhvzBeh+TQi8gZKHX8DjmLRWKtX/SxJh DfY5v7sS4NsM1kD5ZrJ+D6S4kz9jHiincBxe2EN4lqIv7VRLOsko/gi1+0v2kSYg tyI0mpSIXs2zy7Wcophu6/a1Qzl02cqlw5LruSmtyAJUyT3i7sK3jzifyIWQreC/ GZ3RhzG3 =gXJs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
