full-disclosure - Re: INSECT Pro - Free tool for pentest

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Message-ID: <30949.1314813081@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:51:21 -0400
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: root <root_@...ertel.com.ar>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: INSECT Pro - Free tool for pentest - New
	version release 2.7

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:34:58 -0300, root said:

> That file is under the msf3 tree, if Insect pro is violating GPL,
> Metasploit is also doing it (and everything including it, like 80% of
> security frameworks out there), remember MSF is BSD licensed.

And even the top-level Metasploit HACKING says:

   By submitting code contributions to the Metasploit Project it is
   assumed that you are offering your code under a BSD or similar
   license.  MIT and Ruby Licenses are also fine.  We specifically cannot
   include GPL code. LGPL code is accepted on a case by case basis for
   libraries only and is never accepted for modules.

But it's murkier than that - looking at external/source/tightvnc/README shows
that it includes code from Dave ZImmerman and Jef Poskanzer, with licencing
that I'm not immediately convinced is GPL-compatible. So Metasploit may be
invalidly including GPL code that itself is invalidly including non-GPL code.

I'm gonna go make some popcorn. :)

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