[ale] RE: Ale Digest, Vol 7, Issue 107

[Sigmascape1 at cs.com]

>Message: 9
>Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:18:21 -0500
>From: Bob Toxen <bob at verysecurelinux.com>
>Subject: Re: [ale] STORY LINK: Vendor slammed for 'selling' patches
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Message-ID: <20040330171821.GB15211 at verysecurelinux.com>
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>On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 11:42:34AM -0500, Sigmascape1 at cs.com wrote:
>> Not good.
>
>> Vendor slammed for 'selling' patches 
>> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5181825.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed
>When I saw the subject I assumed it was a company selling patchs to
>Open Source products for a high price, which is a violation of the
>GPL and hence a copyright violation. ?This was not the case.
>
>This was a company (ISS) that provided free patches to its clients on
>maintenance contracts but which -- like every other software company --
>does not provide patches to their internally created proprietary software
>or support to companies that don't renew their maintenance contracts. ?I
>think that the title was debatable.
>
>> Mitch Featherston
>
>Bob Toxen
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Regardless, they are catching a lot of 'flak' and it is not a pretty PR situation either.

Mitch Featherston