Comment 20 for bug 102212

On 7/14/07, Alessandro Tanasi <email address hidden> wrote:
> NO!
> It's released under Metasploit Framework license. The OLD Metasploit 2.0 was GPL.
> Your simply must, download, unpack, and read the copyright.

I just emailed the developers to see if there is some way we can work
this out. They are cool guys, and are not trying to prevent
distribution. They are trying to prevent people reselling the
product. How can we distribute Metasploit for Ubuntu, to ease
installation and user accessibility, but give the developers what they
want as well? If Sun can distribute their packages on Ubuntu, then
Metasploit should be able to as well with some sort of license
agreement screen, etc, on installation as the 'sun-java6-bin' package
does (among others).

This is not a technical issue. It is merely a legal and political
hindrance that can be overcome by working together to satisfy all
parties involved. Let's make it work.
--
Kristian Hermansen