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Source Code for Open Source components?

Simon Matthews

I am wondering where I would be able to download all the source code for all the open source software (including Sophos' modifications) used in the XG Firewall.



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  • 0 in reply to lferrara

    I did not request the Sophos XG proprietary source code. I requested the Open Source code they use and they modifications made to it. This is a legal requirement, depending on the license. This is definitely something release by most software devs. Yes there are companies that have attempted to get away with using GPL (or equivalent licensed) software without distributing the source and the changes made e.g. Fortinet, but I would hope Sophos would be better than that

  • 0 in reply to Simon Matthews

    Hey Simon,

    Ok, maybe i can understand that they might tell you what open source code they used but how can they tell you what modifications they made to the code. That would make the sophos product a lot weaker and insecure for all of their customers. So i don't think they have to give the information about the modifications they made. 

  • 0 in reply to tom greene

    tom greene said:

    Hey Simon,

    Ok, maybe i can understand that they might tell you what open source code they used but how can they tell you what modifications they made to the code. That would make the sophos product a lot weaker and insecure for all of their customers. So i don't think they have to give the information about the modifications they made. 

    Should I modify the Sophos XG software so that it doesn't require registration (crack it) and then sell it under a different name? That would be fine according to you because in this reality, of yours, software licenses are worthless. If they are willing to ignore the license terms of Open Source software, why should anyone care about their copyright?

  • 0 in reply to Simon Matthews

    Hey Simon,

    Man, Chill out. Again, I am no expert but lets assume for a minute that you are legally correct, that Sophos has to give you the modified source code, what makes you think they would. I think its a battle not worth fighting. 

  • 0 in reply to tom greene

    tom greene said:

    Hey Simon,

    Man, Chill out. Again, I am no expert but lets assume for a minute that you are legally correct, that Sophos has to give you the modified source code, what makes you think they would. I think its a battle not worth fighting. 

    What makes me think they would is that they generally seem to be a company that aren't evil, in my experience. I call companies who illegally use copyleft code evil because they are literally stealing code created by people all over the world who expect the license to be adhered to. A large amount of the people developing the source code are doing it through altruism. This is definitely a battle worth fighting, for all of those people who did something out of kindness.

    To be honest, you have added absolutely nothing to this thread beside "bumping" it. However I acknowledge I was a bit rude and I apologise. I hope you have learnt something about the software that you (and Sophos) are benefiting from because of the hard work of individuals around the world.