Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:17:59 -0500 From: devin-freebsdquestions@rintrah.org To: Chris Scott <chris_scott@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and OS X! Message-ID: <20020125131759.A5099@tharmas.rintrah.org> In-Reply-To: <004d01c1a5ca$ed2e83f0$49482e3e@aquarius>; from chris_scott@gmx.de on Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 07:05:44PM %2B0100 References: <004d01c1a5ca$ed2e83f0$49482e3e@aquarius>
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 07:05:44PM +0100, Chris Scott wrote: > HI folks, > > I`ve a question about the integration of some FreeBSD-Features and (or) source code in Mac OS X: > > Is it in the term the BSD licenses legal to use those featues in a system, that isn`t Open Source or is distributed (like OS X) without Source! Yes, it is legal. To piss on it if you want (to steal Theo de Raadt's line). >OK, there are all those Copyright Notices about FreeBSD in OS X, but does that meet it! Perhaps you are thinking of the GPL? (http://www.gnu.org) > I mean, can any development company come and say "Well, I`d like to use the Ports System in my Closed Source System" or is that restricted? Yes. No. > > I think, it`s OK, that the Ports have been ported to Darwin, cause it`s Open Source, but would it be OK, if it would be ported to OS X? Yes. > > I hope you could help me! And, guys, fine work you`re doing! > > Thomas -- Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something entirely different. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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