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From: http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5649 ... TLS Alert write:fatal:protocol version TLS_accept:error in SSLv3 read client certificate A rlm_eap_tls: SSL_read failed inside of TLS (-1), TLS session fails. ... Hmm... and in another post: http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4533 ... Unfortunately, tinyPEAP will remain closed source. We will making an announcement when there will be any changes in our licencing policy. I think I'll investigate this further. Alan DeKok.
I think I'll investigate this further.
http://www.tinypeap.com/bin/peapd-beta1.zip peapd.exe has multiple references to 'rlm_eap_tls" in it. It's beyond reason that anyone else could have accidentally used the same name. A number of other messages are also identical to those in our rlm_eap_tls module. It doesn't look like they've copied much else, but even copying that is annoying. Alan DeKok.
What exactly are the legalities of using GPL'd code in a completely closed source project? Don't they have to at least release the code they're using in that module along with any changes they made to that code? Then you start getting into what it links to... --Mike Alan DeKok wrote:
I think I'll investigate this further.
http://www.tinypeap.com/bin/peapd-beta1.zip
peapd.exe has multiple references to 'rlm_eap_tls" in it. It's beyond reason that anyone else could have accidentally used the same name. A number of other messages are also identical to those in our rlm_eap_tls module.
It doesn't look like they've copied much else, but even copying that is annoying.
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Michael Griego <mgriego@utdallas.edu> wrote:
What exactly are the legalities of using GPL'd code in a completely closed source project?
Nothing gives them permission to use our copyrighted code except the GPL. They either follow the license we offer them, or they do not re-distribute our code. Not following the GPL in this case is called "copyright infringement", and it's illegal.
Don't they have to at least release the code they're using in that module along with any changes they made to that code?
Yes. When they chose to use our code, they either chose to follow the license terms, or they chose to infringe on our rights under copyright law.
Then you start getting into what it links to...
Yup. Now, they can re-write the code, it's not that hard. But *blatantly* stealing it is not just incompetence, it's stupidity. I'm inclined to send them, and their ISP a DMCA "take-down" notice. I'll contact them, and tell them to stop distributing "peapd" until they re-write the code. In the mean-time, I'll post a notice on the main web page. Alan DeKok.
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