Re: PF and a feauture I requested weeks ago

[Ben Goren <ben@trumpetpower.com>]

On 2004 Aug 1, at 5:48 PM, van Helsing wrote:

> Is RSYNC part of the OS?
> I take normaly just the things OpenBSD provide by default because that
> min. the risk.

There are many other criteria than security for inclusion in OpenBSD. 
Licensing is just as important. Rsync is GPL-ware, and it was long ago 
decided that anything not already in OpenBSD that's encumbered by the 
GPL won't be making its way into OpenBSD. Quite the opposite, in 
fact--every release sees more and more GPL software replaced with 
BSD-licensed variants. I'm sure Theo dreams of a day when even GCC can 
be replaced....

Rsync is great software, and my life would be more difficult without 
it. I don't expect it to be ever released under a BSD license, though, 
and therefore I never expect it to be part of OpenBSD.

I also would be a bit surprised--not shocked, certainly, but 
surprised--to come across an OpenBSD system that didn't have Rsync 
installed (stripped systems, etc., excepted, of course).

Cheers,

b&

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