Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 14:17:24 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Marc Nicholas <marc@hippocampus.net> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD licensing? Message-ID: <199805262117.OAA01315@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 May 1998 17:32:19 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95.980526173205.9742B-100000@neuron.hippocampus.net>
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> We want to use the FreeBSD kernel as the core of the operating system in > upcoming product. What's the deal with licensing? Is it enough to display > FreeBSD and UCB copyright messages? Typically, the relevant clauses are: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. [... disclaimer ...] You can meet this by including the relevant credits in your software licence. You may also be liable to buy Poul a beer (at your discretion), should you meet him in a bar. Be aware that some (optional) kernel components are GPL'd. This basically covers: - ext2fs - the GPL math emulator - the digiboard driver Using these components will infect your kernel with the GPL. So the short answer is: give credit in your documentation. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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