From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 17 18:56:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96DCB16A4CE for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:56:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DD3A43D46 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:56:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id iAHIuNwJ007075; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:56:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.245] (nfw2.codefab.com [199.103.21.225] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0)iAHIuLLX021438; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:56:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20041117181334.80901.qmail@web53201.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041117181334.80901.qmail@web53201.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <5F3A0AF7-38CA-11D9-B242-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:56:21 -0500 To: gaby@ieee.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Info about redistribution X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:56:25 -0000 On Nov 17, 2004, at 1:13 PM, Gabriel Belingueres wrote: > (I'm sure you receive this kind of question every day) Not really, no. Maybe once a month. :-) > I'd like to know if a redistribution model like RedHat's on Linux can > be made with FreeBSD. I want to know is if it's trully possible > legally. Yes, and yes. The BSD license is very permissive, and has fewer restrictions than (for example) the GPL imposes on Linux redistributions. > In that case, I'd like to know what kind of licencing and fees > may be applied to such an enterprise. Anything that you and your prospective clients are willing to agree to. However, since other people can and do sell FreeBSD on CD for a two-digit amount, and ISO images are available for the price of bandwidth and a CD-R blank, you are unlikely to be able to resell FreeBSD itself for much more unless you offer good service and support, or some other added value. -- -Chuck