Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 11:53:59 -0800 (PST) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> To: gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: licensing question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980326115212.18274E-100000@harlie.bfd.com> In-Reply-To: <199803261639.IAA21956@myrtle1.bogs.org>
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On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Greg Shenaut wrote: > >On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, H.Ozawa wrote: > >> I'm just wondering if a company could just sell a system run by FreeBSD > >> or if there is a need to license. > > I think they could charge for installation, configuration, and/or > optimizing FreeBSD on a system, just not for the OS itself. This > is exactly parallel to what a FreeBSD CD-ROM vendor does. Actually, no, the Berkely copyright doesn't even place that much of a restriction on the code it protects. In fact, even the GPL doesn't prevent you from selling the product, it requires you to give source along with the product. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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