From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 02:53:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25E0E16A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:53:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A82F543D41 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:53:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@rogers.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.100?) (mjeays2551@24.43.93.57 with plain) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Aug 2004 02:53:35 -0000 From: Mike Jeays To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-P2JUzXX9Caq7qHPApUe+" Organization: Message-Id: <1092884015.743.68.camel@chaucer> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 18 Aug 2004 22:53:35 -0400 Subject: [Fwd: Re: licensing] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:53:37 -0000 --=-P2JUzXX9Caq7qHPApUe+ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I omitted sending this reply to Chris to the list by mistake. Please correct me if I am wrong. --=-P2JUzXX9Caq7qHPApUe+ Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: Forwarded message - Re: licensing Content-Type: message/rfc822 Subject: Re: licensing From: Mike Jeays To: Chris Knipe In-Reply-To: <004301c48534$f37b6380$0a01a8c0@savage.za.org> References: <004301c48534$f37b6380$0a01a8c0@savage.za.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1092875596.743.64.camel@chaucer> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 18 Aug 2004 20:33:16 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 11:06, Chris Knipe wrote: > Quick question.... > > I'm not sure about the license that FreeBSD falls under. Are we allowed to modify code (specifically /sbin/natd) and resell it commercially as part of a product?? > > Secondly, natd runs via divert in usermode. Is there something similar in kernel mode? Kernelmode will obviously operate allot faster than usermode... > > -- > me > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > My understanding of the BSD license is that you can sell applications that include code licensed under it, modified or not, and you don't have to distribute the modified source code. This is what happened with the Mac OS X operating system. This is of course NOT true for GNU/GPL-licensed software - that is the whole point of the difference. There, you can modify it and sell it, but you must distribute or make available at a low price your modifications in source code form. Much software that accompanies FreeBSD is licensed under the GPL, but the FreeBSD OS is BSD licensed. Check the license carefully for the components you are interested in. If I am wrong, there will be lots of corrections from the other list members. --=-P2JUzXX9Caq7qHPApUe+--