From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 7 22:09:54 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id WAA23934 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 7 Aug 1995 22:09:54 -0700 Received: from gndrsh.aac.dev.com (gndrsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA23926 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 1995 22:09:50 -0700 Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by gndrsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id WAA02253; Mon, 7 Aug 1995 22:09:32 -0700 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199508080509.WAA02253@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: software rights To: john@starfire.mn.org Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 22:09:32 -0700 (PDT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199508072017.PAA12295@starfire.mn.org> from "john@starfire.mn.org" at Aug 7, 95 03:17:39 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 767 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Where do I go to begin the quest for the One True Answer to what is owned > by whom, what use is permitted, and whose permission you need to use > TCP/IP and NFS implementations such as those in FreeBSD in a commercial > bundled, turnkey product? As pointed out by Julian the authoratative answer to this should be found in the beggining of each and every file on a file by file basis. There are some files that are not quite correct in what they state though, and may fall under the GPL :-(. Makefile's are not copyrightable as they describe a procedure to do something, not an expression of an idea. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD