From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 11:04:13 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3402116A418 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:04:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3D0B13C448 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:04:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so980948pyb for ; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:04:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=IdsSxMVoVXZQ2NLlES3J2P9m7JtfHy+nr7NCGi3I9Dw=; b=JCPn7a9m7xcB3HoPoCp0av3PqtZWK7opFD1UlD6nr6rBlwuTEAyjobdyaF0h8ZI4w44almUmoqbaZxAS1w/0ncTgLwLEsrc2dPZblejdwrFe/47stLSwm8WlopUgBpogb9XifXjIQQBuEyBjEpIm6YptAxFNuX5xzk+EK1/OQgs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=fMb6D5y9A0bGgvkkytIsfycfTXp4pcQS5ZJNmt/iD5ZY8iIJfaBCufVWlEgr5PKHd005ypwZDqX7dZPpcTTayLNRuVftqunHH7CJc775wirx2L9BubrdVqbrDw52mGQNc0sWXX9tybTK9ewhTgS7Bktex0rrSyeW3hfG80eCeYs= Received: by 10.65.53.3 with SMTP id f3mr18556135qbk.1191580595703; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:36:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.105.2 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 03:36:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:36:35 +0000 From: "Aryeh Friedman" To: davids@webmaster.com In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: "Freebsd-Chat@Freebsd. Org" Subject: Re: viral license free fork of freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:04:13 -0000 Thanks for not telling me anything I haven't known On 10/5/07, David Schwartz wrote: > > > I am intrested in putting together a version of FreeBSD (at least the > > non-ports portion) that is 100% viral license (gpl and lgpl [not > > techinically viral but I don't trust it]) free... where would be a > > good starting point on this project? > > The short answer is that you simply cannot do this. You cannot set the > licensing terms on code you did not write without a written relicensing > agreement from the original author, which you don't have. This is the law in > the United States and it's probably impossible for this or other reasons > elsewhere. > > If you merely distribute FreeBSD, you obtain *your* license to distribute > from the BSD license. However, you have no role whatsoever in the license > the recipients you distribute to get from the original authors (other than > making them lawful possessors of the code). And they don't need any license > to simply own the code or to use it. If they wish to modify it or distribute > it themselves, then they obtain whatever license each original author offers > from that author directly. You are not a *licensing* intermediary. > > You can certainly make modifications and contributions of your own and offer > them under any license you would like. But you cannot change the fact that > the original authors of all the pieces you are taking has offered them to > anyone who possesses them under a BSD license. Recipients still get those > BSD licenses and the BSD license prohibits you from removing the > notification that they do. (Though you can certainly add your own > notification that some parts are not offered under the BSD license.) > > I'd prefer not to pollute even the chat list with this, so if there's > anything you don't understand or that isn't clear, feel free to email me > personally first. If you still think I'm wrong after you hear my response, > then post to the list. There's just too much misinformation out there > already and this has been patiently explained dozens of times. > > DS > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >