From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 19 05:24:55 2005 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 0128216A4CE for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 05:24:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fed1rmmtao03.cox.net (fed1rmmtao03.cox.net [68.230.241.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A2943D5C for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 05:24:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) Received: from [192.168.1.14] (really [68.6.195.68]) by fed1rmmtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050519052454.YRWR26972.fed1rmmtao03.cox.net@[192.168.1.14]>; Thu, 19 May 2005 01:24:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200505190508.07745.danny@ricin.com> References: <428BE69F.50CA5ADC@cs.berkeley.edu> <428BEB11.7070103@donnacha.com> <20050518223157.O10932@zoraida.natserv.net> <200505190508.07745.danny@ricin.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <8D84AA47-4F9F-42EF-BCAA-C3CDE0D971EA@cox.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Matthew Navarre Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 22:24:52 -0700 To: Danny Pansters X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD legal question 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 May 2005 05:24:55 -0000 On May 18, 2005, at 8:08 PM, Danny Pansters wrote: > On Thursday 19 May 2005 04:32, Francisco Reyes wrote: > >> On Thu, 19 May 2005 freebsd.org@donnacha.com wrote: >> >>> Francisco Reyes wrote: >>> >>>> BSD - You can take the code and do as you please. No need to >>>> even give >>>> back the changes you made. >>>> >>> >>> Although you DO need to carry the accreditation. >>> >> >> Wasn't that restriction later removed too? >> > > That6's the advertising clause which rewuired any advertising > material to > claim something like "Includes stuff from *BSD". That has long been > taken > out, but there's some projects that still have it. I believe what Francisco refers to is the requirement to keep the copyright notices intact for the code you modify. (i.e. you can't just "find" some code under the BSD license, change all the copyright notices and claim you wrote it all) The advertising clause, IIRC(and I may not be) said you couldn't use the names of any copyright holders in advertising products based on the licensed code. > > The acknowledgementment means in source code original license and > credits and > in binary some cridits for example in the help|about or the man > page. Where > it's most appropriate (though the legalese doesn't specifically say > that > because of course it opens up a debate about the definition of > "appropriate" ;-) > > IANAL Me neither, brother. If you need *real* legal advice on GPL vs. BSDL issues find a good copyright lawyer, grease up and prepare to be boarded. Cuz' they don't come cheap, generally. > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >