Re: Support for saving pcapng

[Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net>]

On May 20, 2024, at 9:56 AM, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf () sandelman ca> wrote:

> > implementation under the APSL license, I wonder if the community is
> > allowed to submit a pull request for it. Are there any restrictions or
> > guidelines we should be aware of in this regard?  Thanks for your time
> > and patience.
>
> My understanding is that the APSL is not compatible with the BSD 2-clause.

The main problem with the APSL that I know of is the patent clause, which might mean that, if somebody uses APSLed code 
as a result of using libpcap to read or write pcapng files, their license to use it would terminate immediately and 
without notice if they file a patent lawsuit against Apple (unless they do so in response to an Apple patent lawsuit 
against them).

Not being a lawyer, I don't know whether the patent clause would apply to users of libpcap (or tcpdump, if we pick up 
any APSL-licensed code), or just to the Tcpdump Group (I suspect we're unlikely to apply for any patents).

See my longer email reply to the original message.
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