Re: Slightly OT: Logsentry re-rerouted to Cisco?

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Thu, 15 May 2003 10:01:26 EDT, Chris Green said:

> From portsentry's 1.1 license:
>
> "DISTRIBUTION OF MODIFIED SOURCE CODE WITHOUT PSIONIC'S PERMISSION IS
> PROHIBITED."
>
> From 0.61's license:
>
> Distribution of modified source code without the author's permission
> is prohibited.
>
> Basically, no one can take it over.

You missed an important point - Cisco *IS* entirely within its rights to
*NOT* distribute it, in any form, modified or otherwise.

I've not analyzed Cisco's product line closely enough to determine whether
they bought Psionic to fill a hole in their product line, or to eliminate
a competitor to a weak spot in their line.  Acquisitions *do* happen for
both reasons, you know....

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