Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 22:26:55 -0700 From: Matthew Navarre <mnavarre@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD legal question Message-ID: <1210734D-3C24-4E66-ADDF-3876A21DB7F1@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <5430CFEF-E907-4347-8671-24D85F90B2D7@cox.net> References: <428BE69F.50CA5ADC@cs.berkeley.edu> <428BEB11.7070103@donnacha.com> <20050518223157.O10932@zoraida.natserv.net> <200505190508.07745.danny@ricin.com> <5430CFEF-E907-4347-8671-24D85F90B2D7@cox.net>
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On May 18, 2005, at 10:17 PM, Matthew Navarre wrote: > > 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. >> > > No, the accreditation Francisco was refereing to DOH! sorry, wrong button. > >> >> 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 >> >> 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" >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >
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