Re: License question: mod_throttle

[Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>]

I have three words in response to Jeff's sarcasm:

	Boo hoo hoo.

> (Following up to myself)
> 
> Please disregard my post in defense of mod_throttle. I just got
> through skimming the announcement to deny new ports of nonfree
> software.
> 
> I do, however, have something to say about it: Congratulations, Theo
> et al. You just took the OpenBSD project where even Debian, bastion of
> the FSF, would not dare to go in regards to accepted third party
> software. Unfortunately, in doing so, you have consigned yourself to
> irrelevance for still more groups of people who had been unalienated
> by previous religious decisions by the OpenBSD team.
> 
> Eventually, maybe, you'll decide that your decision was hasty and
> foolish, and you'll reverse it (propolice? portmap? W^X? Maybe I'm the
> only one who remembers the project's previous stance on these issues),
> but I of course am not holding my breath that zealots such as
> yourselves will ever lower your stance in this.
> 
> jeff
> 
> > I dislike the idea that OpenBSD is alienating itself still further
> > from web application hosters, and that is the end result of making
> > stuff like bandwidth quotas, Expat, Apache upgrades, etc. difficult.
> > 
> > jeff
>