Subject: Re: ettercap easter egg From: Alberto Ornaghi <alberto.ornaghi@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 15:44:12 +0100 Cc: Marco Valleri <naga@antifork.org> To: Tom Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> that code is not actively maitained by us anymore, the last release was = 5 years ago. releasing a new code to just remove the comment seems overkill to me. i give you written permission to remove that specific comment and insert = it in the fedora distribution. just please leave the date check, it is always a pleasure to receive = wishes on birthday. best regards.=20 On Feb 9, 2011, at 15:38 , Tom Callaway wrote: > Hi guys, >=20 > Recently, while doing a security audit of ettercap in Fedora, we > discovered your "nice easter egg..." in time_check(). While that code = is > certainly cute, and arguably not evil, you have added a license > restriction which is incompatible with the GPLv2+ terms on the rest of > ettercap, and which make the whole work non-free, according to our = legal > counsel. >=20 > Specifically, the comment: >=20 > * and no, you can't simply remove this code, you'll break the = license... >=20 > This comment is adding a modification restriction to the GPL, which = the > GPL does not permit, making the whole work non-free. >=20 > We would very much like to keep ettercap in Fedora, so we are asking = you > to please remove this comment from the code, to restore the licensing = to > GPLv2+. >=20 > If we do not hear back from you, we will be forced to remove ettercap > from Fedora, and will advise other distributions of the licensing = issue. >=20 > Thanks in advance, >=20 > Tom Callaway, Fedora Legal >=20 > =3D=3D > Fedora Project