[routing-wg] Open-sourcing of the RIPE NCC’s RPKI core software

Bart,

On 09/02/2022 10.26, Bart Bakker wrote:
> 
> We are pleased to announce that we have published the source code used 
> by the RIPE NCC for the RPKI back-end (the RPKI core) under the 3-Clause 
> BSD licence on Github: https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/rpki-core 
> <https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/rpki-core>

Wow that's awesome! Having this open source is definitely a good thing, 
and I realize it must have been a lot of work. The documentation seems 
clear, and I love design notes. 😆

I'm a little disappointed that you didn't choose a copyleft style 
license, like with the RIPE Atlas Software Probe, which uses GPLv3. That 
would help ensure that the work of the RIPE NCC employees is not used by 
a proprietary product or service by a company unwilling or unable to 
share their changes. Probably in the presentation at RIPE 84 there will 
be a bit of explanation about the choice of using a license so easy to 
convert back to closed source. 😉

Cheers,

--
Shane
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