Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:27:15 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> To: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Cc: Philipp Wuensche <cryx-freebsd@h3q.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel Message-ID: <200704142005.OAA20051@lariat.net> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0704141127u34968161ieffee86c03704760@mail.gmail.co m> References: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net> <4620D1DD.5050902@h3q.com> <200704141551.JAA07865@lariat.net> <4621078B.6070302@h3q.com> <200704141743.LAA09173@lariat.net> <d7195cff0704141127u34968161ieffee86c03704760@mail.gmail.com>
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At 12:27 PM 4/14/2007, illoai@gmail.com wrote: >No, you are not. Because it appears that the whole thing is not covered >by the CDDL. Read the license. If you distribute a product that includes the code, you are bound by the obligations listed in the license (to distribute source code, not ever to patent anything, to give up firstborn children, etc.). So, FreeBSD is covered by the license. You can't use it freely. It is no longer free. --Brett Glass
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