Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:28:16 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: docs@freebsd.org Subject: Changes to FAQ 1.2 & and 1.3 Message-ID: <CAF6rxgnJHN2NFJuxUQz6R2z8MEYVYTUdnkPfV3uByqiObCfm-A@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi all,
I'd like to commit the following, but due to the nature of the
question I figure this should get some wider review first:
commit f8330e2ba5be5913d41660f2833114040a3d9090
Author: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Date: Sat Oct 27 10:25:35 2012 -0400
Directly answer the question "What is the goal of the FreeBSD Project?"
and move the (slightly modified) comments over to the question
"Does the FreeBSD license have any restrictions?"
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
index 6697493..98065af 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
@@ -156,32 +156,11 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>The goal of the &os; Project is to provide software that
- may be used for any purpose and without strings attached.
- Many of us have a significant investment in the code (and
- project) and would certainly not mind a little financial
- compensation now and then, but we definitely do not insist
- on it. We believe that our first and foremost
- <quote>mission</quote> is to provide code to any and all
- comers, and for whatever purpose, so that the code gets the
- widest possible use and provides the widest possible
- benefit. This is, we believe, one of the most fundamental
- goals of Free Software and one that we enthusiastically
- support.</para>
-
- <para>That code in our source tree which falls under the
- <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/COPYING">GNU General
Public License (GPL)</ulink>
- or <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/COPYING.LIB">GNU Library
General Public License (LGPL)</ulink>
- comes with slightly more strings attached, though at least
- on the side of enforced access rather than the usual
- opposite. Due to the additional complexities that can
- evolve in the commercial use of GPL software, we do,
- however, endeavor to replace such software with submissions
- under the more relaxed <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html">&os;
license</ulink>
- whenever possible.</para>
+ <para>The goal of the &os; Project is to provide a
+ complete, stable, and fast general purpose
+ operating system that may
+ may be used for any purpose without strings
+ attached.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -207,6 +186,34 @@
<para>Do not sue us if it breaks.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>Many of us have a significant investment in the
+ project
+ and would certainly not mind a little financial
+ compensation now and then, but we definitely do not insist
+ on it. We believe that our first and foremost
+ <quote>mission</quote> is to provide code to any and all
+ comers, and for whatever purpose, so that the code gets the
+ widest possible use and provides the widest possible
+ benefit. This is, we believe, is one of the most
+ fundamental
+ goals of Free Software and one that we enthusiastically
+ support.</para>
+
+
+ <para>Code in our source tree which falls under the
+ <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/COPYING">GNU General
Public License (GPL)</ulink>
+ or <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/COPYING.LIB">GNU Library
General Public License (LGPL)</ulink>
+ comes with slightly more strings attached, though at least
+ on the side of enforced access rather than the usual
+ opposite. Due to the additional complexities that can
+ evolve in the commercial use of GPL software, we do,
+ however, endeavor to replace such software with submissions
+ under the more relaxed <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html">&os;
license</ulink>
+ whenever possible.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
--
Eitan Adler
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