Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 07:37:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD licensing? Message-ID: <199805271137.HAA16795@hda.hda.com> In-Reply-To: <199805262117.OAA01315@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "May 26, 98 02:17:24 pm"
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> Typically, the relevant clauses are: > > * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the > * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > [... disclaimer ...] The classic BSD copyright also includes the advertising requirement: * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software * must display the following acknowledgement: * This product includes software developed by the University of * California, Berkeley and its contributors. * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software * without specific prior written permission. which you'll have to pay attention to if advertising features derived from different parts of the software. Both 3. and 4. are now gone in the suggested FreeBSD copyright in /usr/share/examples/etc in order to make things simpler, but the older copyright is present in many places. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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