From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 14 20:39:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F17616A402 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:39:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from host222.ipowerweb.com (host222.ipowerweb.com [66.235.210.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5066713C489 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:39:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 72477 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 20:39:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO demeter.hydra) (24.9.123.251) by host222.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 20:39:03 -0000 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l3EKdTMs001203; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:39:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l3EKdSw0001202; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:39:28 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:39:27 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: Brett Glass Message-ID: <20070414203927.GG954@demeter.hydra> References: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net> <4620D1DD.5050902@h3q.com> <200704141551.JAA07865@lariat.net> <4621078B.6070302@h3q.com> <200704141743.LAA09173@lariat.net> <200704142005.OAA20051@lariat.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200704142005.OAA20051@lariat.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Philipp Wuensche , "illoai@gmail.com" Subject: Re: Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:39:31 -0000 On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 01:27:15PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > 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. > If the CDDL code is distributed separately (as in: not mixed with, or compiled together with, other software in FreeBSD), the other code is in no way at risk of being made less free. As long as the CDDL code is not part of the default install in a manner that affects the licensing of other code, the statement "it is no longer free" is inaccurate, regardless of the terms of the CDDL (within limits of reason). -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] unix virus: If you're using a unixlike OS, please forward this to 20 others and erase your system partition.