Re: LaBrea for BSD?

From: Will Andrews (will@physics.purdue.edu)
Date: 09/26/01 

Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 07:20:19 -0500
From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>
To: FreeBSD Security <security@FreeBSD.org>

On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 10:54:37AM -0600, Brett Glass (brett@lariat.org) wrote:
> It would be MUCH better to rewrite it rather than port it. The authors
> have stamped the GPL on it. The last thing we need (IMHO) is to
> spread one virus while attempting to catch another!

It would be MUCH better to stop using Windows than to spout
nonsense like this. 

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