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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
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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
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+         <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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