Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Request: Change the allowed license of plugins

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From: Hannes Gredler <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:07:57 +0100
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 06:55:39AM -0800, ddutt@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

[...]

| While this language maybe ambiguous and debatable by all and sundry as to its
| implications, what it implies is that by releasing a decoder under GPL, I
| potentially cannot enforce my patent on my proprietary protocol. Lawyers are
| unwilling to release decoders because of this restriction. 

dinesh,

ethereal already contains dissectors that decode protocols which are patented
by your employer;

EIGRP,CDP,HSRP just to name a few ...

i fail to understand why a dissector for a proprietary protocol does
infringe patents and copyright laws;

... applying reverse logic: did the publication of the EIGRP,CDP,HSRP
dissector in ethereal violate any of your employers rights in the past ?

/hannes