From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 1 4:22:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (pcwin002.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.72]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E71D37B503 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 04:21:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from stijn@localhost) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f11CL5Z02149; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 13:21:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from stijn) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 13:21:05 +0100 From: Stijn Hoop To: miki.shapiro@ealaddin.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2 Quesions Message-ID: <20010201132105.D704@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from miki.shapiro@ealaddin.com on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:15:26PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:15:26PM +0200, miki.shapiro@ealaddin.com wrote: > I would like to ask two questions: > 1. Does the BSD license allow me to take the source of given software, > alter it and use it within a commercial product? For as far as I understand the license, that would be a yes. However, IANAL and you should consult a legal expert to be sure. And, you should be careful for not all of FreeBSD is under the BSD license; the compiler, gcc, uses the GNU license for example. This may also be the case for other programs in the tree. Always check the source file itself, or check for README's or the like. > 2. Do all programs registered in the BSD Ports section on your site carry > the BSD license? (Namely their source code)? No. Each program in the ports collection is ported to FreeBSD, but the source code to each program isn't under control of the FreeBSD project. The files that make up the port skeleton are under the BSD license, AFAIK, but you should check the ports source files (in /usr/ports/distfiles usually) themselves for the licensing terms for that particular port. --Stijn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message