ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

Ed Maste emaste at freebsd.org
Thu Apr 18 13:02:41 UTC 2013


On 15 April 2013 16:12, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at komquats.com> wrote:
> The existing license isn't that BSD-friendly either, which is why it lives
> in contrib/. I think the 5.1.X GPLv2 is about the same friendliness as
> Darren's IPF 4.1.X license. As long as it's not in GENERIC should be fine.
> A person can always load it anyway.

There's a plan[1] to remove the remaining GPL components from base
over time.  Updating to the last ipfilter that's under the current
license is probably the path forward, unless it moves out to ports.

[1] https://wiki.freebsd.org/GPLinBase

-Ed


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