Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 20:54:06 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: LChin@idgbooks.com (Lenora Chin Sell) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GNU question Message-ID: <199806060154.UAA00707@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <c=US%a=_%p=ROOT%l=FC-EXCHANGE-980606011023Z-82471@exchangegw.idgbooks.com> from Lenora Chin Sell at "Jun 5, 98 08:10:23 pm"
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> Hello, > > Could you please confirm that the full distribution copy of FreeBSD > 2.2.5 is, indeed, covered under GNU license. > > Thanks in advance for you help. > The full distribution copy is NOT under the GPL. I don't know what kind of compilation copyright that WC uses though. There are parts of FreeBSD (e.g. the kernel) that is relatively more free than GPL, and affords for easier (less encumbered) embedding in product. If anything, we tend to avoid using GPLed code for critical parts of the system, to avoid the associated entanglements. John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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