Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:40:45 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windriver, Slackware and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010419004045.A44949@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <006601c0c89c$9b9a2dc0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 11:47:31PM -0700 References: <20010418112830.A36122@xor.obsecurity.org> <006601c0c89c$9b9a2dc0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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--17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 11:47:31PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> It used to be that when a company (like Apple) contributed > >> code to a UNIX (like BSD) they were allowed to keep their own > >> copyright on the code and just have it included in the > >> distribution. After the AT&T lawsuit, BSD doesen't allow this > >> anymore. If your a company and you want to contribute your > >> own copyrighted source to FreeBSD, you can only do this via the > >> ports mechanism. (ie: build a port for your stuff) You can not > >> get it into the kernel unless you agree to change the copyright > >> to give BSD perpetual control over it. > > > >FreeBSD doesn't require copyright transfer of donated code. > > >=20 > FreeBSD does not use kernel code that carries a copyright that is > not BSD-like, ie: a license that basically gives everyone > permission to do whatever the hell they want with the code. Copyright !=3D license agreement Kris --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE63pZ8Wry0BWjoQKURAsR7AKC5dfKR2EHjNsGPMEBZXkZmiIWbTACg0bWH n2gfZnIGLNdTMJagEKmKvoU= =H9Zn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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