Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 01:55:55 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: durang@u.washington.edu (K. Marsh) Cc: cjclark@home.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Very Common Question Message-ID: <199902210655.BAA16296@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.05.9902202227420.54396-100000@goodall2.u.washington.edu> from "K. Marsh" at "Feb 20, 99 10:33:48 pm"
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K. Marsh wrote, > On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > > > I think the main concept behind the FreeBSD license is that they don't > > > want to force people to distribute source code for a product they've made > > > using FreeBSD in part or in whole. This enables you to modify the code > > > however you want and then sell it for profit. By the regular public > > > license it is illegal to do this. > > > > This is a common misconception. There is absolutely nothing in the GPL > > that says you cannot sell code for a profit. Afterall, for an example, > > RedHat does it, right? > > The point I was trying to make was that you can't sell your software for > profit, UNLESS you distribute the source code too (thereby giving away > the secrets of your program.) This is right, isn't it Christ? Yes, you have to provide or make available source code to anyone who receives the binaries under the GPL. In addition, the recipient is free to distribute it and modify it. > FreeBSD's license doesn't require you to give away your source. Not that I'm interested in a lot of software I can't get as source. But there is no reason open source (remember OS != GPL) implies that the software cannot have stronger licensing from the owner's point of view. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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