Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:20:27 -0400 From: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ASL 2.0 based software contribution to FreeBSD code base Message-ID: <20090312212027.GA2597@zim.MIT.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903120841160.9463@localhost> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903111340230.5968@localhost> <012E1E4D-4C4E-414E-971E-ADCC48EB0698@mac.com> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903120723130.9463@localhost> <20090312025921.GA17420@zim.MIT.EDU> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903120841160.9463@localhost>
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2009, Saifi Khan wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, David Schultz wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009, Saifi Khan wrote: > > > Is there anything specified in the FreeBSD project, that would > > > prohibit ASL 2.0 licensed device drivers from being used in > > > the OS ? > > > > No, but core@ would have to approve it. I presume their decision > > would take into consideration technical justification, terms of > > the license, and how the proposed code interacts with other > > components in the base system. > > > > Great ! Thats very encouraging. Thanks Dave. > > System code (drivers included) released under standard ASL 2.0 > license should work. Be careful not to read too much into what I wrote. I deliberately didn't say anything about the likelihood of such code being accepted because I'm not on core@ and I don't represent them. I merely reiterated to you the pertinent part of the Project's license policy.
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