Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:47:46 +0000 (GMT) From: Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ASL 2.0 based software contribution to FreeBSD code base Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903121343070.10635@localhost> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903120745240.61873@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903111340230.5968@localhost> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903120745240.61873@fledge.watson.org>
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Robert Watson wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Saifi Khan wrote: > > > Is Apache Software License (ASL) 2.0 based software contributions accepted > > in FreeBSD code base ? > > > > So in short: we would heavily discourage code being submitted under non-BSD > licenses on the basis that our goal is to produce a BSD-licensed system, > license proliferation has real-world overhead especially in terms of > constrained developer and lawyer time, makes it harder for FreeBSD end-users > to understand their rights and whether or not they can combine components, and > when other licenses are used they require very special handling. > > Robert N M Watson > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge > Hi Robert: Appreciate the time you took to reply to my queries. Your reply clarified the FreeBSD 'perspective' and the FreeBSD 'imperative'. thanks Saifi.home | help
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