From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Harald Welte Subject: [OT] ntop / GPL (was Re: PF_RING: Include in main line kernel?) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:47:06 +0200 Message-ID: <20091018124706.GG27747@prithivi.gnumonks.org> References: <4AD60053.1030804@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Brad Doctor , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Luca Deri To: Jarek Poplawski Return-path: Received: from ganesha.gnumonks.org ([213.95.27.120]:60291 "EHLO ganesha.gnumonks.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751961AbZJRMrR (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:47:17 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AD60053.1030804@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Jarek, Brad, Luca, [putting my gpl-violations.org hat on] On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 06:46:11PM +0200, Jarek Poplawski wrote: > Brad Doctor wrote, On 10/14/2009 04:33 PM: > > > Download ntop > > > > ntop is distributed under the GNU GPL. In order to be entitled to download > > ntop you must accept the GNU license. > > I can't find such a thing neither in GNU GPL v2: This is true. The GPL does never need to be accepted for mere use (i.e. running) the program. This is at least true for the continental european copyright systems, where any legally obtained copy of a program implicitly carries the permission for running the program. Only for any other activity you will need to accept the license. but, like others posted in this thread, ntop is not the PF_RING code. -- - Harald Welte http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)