Dan's Guardian

[Dale Beams]

It's not the GPL that is muddy.  It is statements such as (c) and the 
following;

Quote "All contributions from other authors are vetted and incorporated by 
me (Daniel Barron). All contributors automatically hand over all copyright 
to me. What contributors get in return is fame, the feature they want, the 
bug they fixed incorporated, and a warm fuzzy feeling that they are also 
helping others who get the software for free."

I did note that Smoothwall is listed on his website.  Draw conclusions as 
you choose.

I have looked at a few other filtering solutions and they are up front about 
the seperation of the software and the blacklist.  The software is GPL and 
free, the blacklist is not.

Yes, I would be interested in working on an alternative solution that works. 
  I understand I could use DG under the GPL as I choose. but I would prefer 
using and improving software that is very clear GPL or very clear not.


>From: Bradley Hook <bhook at kssb.net>
>To: kclug at kclug.org
>Subject: Re: Dan's Guardian
>Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:51:27 -0600
>
>Yeah, "Dan" has some interesting ideas on how he thinks he can license
>things. I like the DansGuardian software, and here is basically what you
>need to know about its licensing:
>
>a) The software is licensed under the GPL. End of discussion.
>
>b) Dan has decided to restrict who can download the software and
>updates, requiring commercial users to pay for this SERVICE (not the
>software).
>
>c) Dan has requested that people do not offer the software for download
>on unofficial mirrors.
>
>Technically, once you have a copy under the GPL, you have all of the
>rights guaranteed under the GPL. So, if you download it to use at home
>(non-commercial), then you have complied with his restriction on
>service. You now have all of the rights of the GPL, so you can modify
>and distribute it as you please.
>
>Dan really has created a very sticky licensing situation, and a friend
>and I might be developing a fork in the future. There are some features
>we are looking at implementing that the current DG is lacking. I work at
>a K-12 school, and we have had a lot of crap slipping through DG lately,
>so we need a filtering system that is as "smart" as our kids. Let me
>know if you are interested in helping out on a project like this.
>
>~Bradley
>
>
>Dale Beams wrote:
> > Does anybody know an alternative to Dan's Guaurdian?  His license 
>details
> > are muddy.
> >
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