Re: Did IBM Hijack Apache????

["Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doh yeah ... my brain is messed, they aren't GPLed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Boldt" <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Did IBM Hijack Apache????


> jt wrote:
> > Same as Shannon.. I dunno, Steve, but would seriously DOUBT it.
> >
> > IBM has the common sense not to put security code in the public domain.
> > Mebbe keep TOO much code outta view, but I am of the opinion that it's
> > nonsense to put security internals in clear view text, (same as it was
with
> > passwords in the past...;-)...!
> >
> >
> > | -----Original Message-----
> > | [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Richter
> >
> > | are all of the ibm changes open source?
> >
>
> You need a lawyer to provide a definitive answer, or even to
> interpret much of the Apache Software License
> (http://www.apache.org/LICENSE.txt). I'm not a lawyer, so take this
> for what it's worth. A cursory reading of the license suggests that
> it's NOT necessary that modified Apache distributions include the
> modified source code.
>
> Note that it's been the experience of the open source community that
> nothing can locate and fix problems as effectively as thousands of
> outside reviewers. That's especially true in the area of security.
> It's long been known that "security by obscurity" does not work.
>
> Cheers! Hans
>
>
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