On May 20, 2024, at 9:56 AM, Michael Richardson <mcr+i...@sandelman.ca> wrote:
>> implementation under the APSL license, I wonder if the community is >> allowed to submit a pull request for it. Are there any restrictions or >> guidelines we should be aware of in this regard? Thanks for your time >> and patience. > > My understanding is that the APSL is not compatible with the BSD 2-clause. The main problem with the APSL that I know of is the patent clause, which might mean that, if somebody uses APSLed code as a result of using libpcap to read or write pcapng files, their license to use it would terminate immediately and without notice if they file a patent lawsuit against Apple (unless they do so in response to an Apple patent lawsuit against them). Not being a lawyer, I don't know whether the patent clause would apply to users of libpcap (or tcpdump, if we pick up any APSL-licensed code), or just to the Tcpdump Group (I suspect we're unlikely to apply for any patents). See my longer email reply to the original message. _______________________________________________ tcpdump-workers mailing list -- tcpdump-workers@lists.tcpdump.org To unsubscribe send an email to tcpdump-workers-le...@lists.tcpdump.org %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s
