Re: [Emerging-Sigs] GPL rules - who maintains them? Nobody?

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

On Mar 21, 2011, at 6:55 PM, waldo kitty wrote:
> On 3/21/2011 11:47, Joel Esler wrote:
> > I'm not saying we don't want an improved rule if the changes improve the rule.
> >  I'm saying that the changes have not been submitted back to us.
>
> i think one of the most basic tenets of the "problem at hand" is "who maintains the GPL rules set?" a "cross" 
> question would be "who started them and originally maintained them?"
The "GPL ruleset" (which is SID:3464 and below) are the original rules written by early Sourcefire employees before 
during and after the creation of the company, and early VRT establishment before the VRT License took effect.


> another question is "who has the desire and resources to handle maintaining the GPL rules?"

We already do.  They are part of the VRT ruleset, always have been.


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Joel Esler
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