Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:00:07 -0700 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: docs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changes to FAQ 1.2 & and 1.3 Message-ID: <CAOgwaMs9cfvvYnTNxXuwcZdcihkWO6Gn_OnARXn=6ZKaW65XLg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgnJHN2NFJuxUQz6R2z8MEYVYTUdnkPfV3uByqiObCfm-A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgnJHN2NFJuxUQz6R2z8MEYVYTUdnkPfV3uByqiObCfm-A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > + <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> There are two "may" successively . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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