Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 07:56:03 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>, imp@freebsd.org, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD BSD License 3 -> 2 Clause History Message-ID: <80E4F9C9-08E0-4243-A471-3DEC4F1F95CF@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <57150.1419930741@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <54a1ec2a.853c460a.1d8a.2b34SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> <CAD2Ti2-=cUmABeDMFpuSvHp_h0PUXZTF6J-2TdiKi%2BnsRfskUA@mail.gmail.com> <57150.1419930741@critter.freebsd.dk>
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--Apple-Mail=_B2B21FB8-3E68-4D9E-A72D-25567EAFCE1B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Dec 30, 2014, at 2:12 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> = wrote: >=20 > -------- > In message = <CAD2Ti2-=3DcUmABeDMFpuSvHp_h0PUXZTF6J-2TdiKi+nsRfskUA@mail.gmail.com> > , grarpamp writes: >=20 >> The change in question, from 3 to 2 clause, is here in Dec 1999: >> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/COPYRIGHT?r1=3D50978&r2=3D124033 >>=20 >> Next step is to ask imp/phk, and search the FreeBSD lists around >> that time for context as to why. >=20 > I think you are reading more into that commit than it contains: > It merely asserted "Copyright of Compilation" over FreeBSD. >=20 > The compilation copyright does not 'infect' the copyrights of all > the individual works it is composed of, it only protects, as for > instance the US copyright law says: >=20 > 1) The collection and assembly of pre-existing material, facts, or = data; >=20 > 2) The selection, coordination, or arrangement of those materials; = and >=20 > 3) The creation, by virtue of the particular selection, > coordination, or arrangement of an original work of authorship. >=20 > As I remember this event, it was more about being able to defend > the name and trademark FreeBSD than anything else, and it happened > as response to the trademark finally getting back to the project > after the WC/IX/WR saga. >=20 > However, I should caution that I was out of core for a couple of years > when this finally transpired, so I was not privy to core@'s = deliberationso >=20 > Neither the core monthly or project quarterly reports mention it. I was in core at the time, and it was about that time we started to = cleanup the licenses in general. The two-term COPYRIGHT was changed to reflect the most-favored license in the tree, and the one that we wanted people to start using. Around the same time, there were a number of other = license changes after individual authors were contacted about removing the other clauses. It had less to do with the trademark issues, though that was = also added to the COPYRIGHT file around the same time. It was about this time that GPL=E2=80=99d programs started disappearing = from the tree as well. It has been a long progress, but we=E2=80=99re finally = getting close to kicking out gcc, binutils and maybe gdb, while still maintaining a = full, integrated build either with the new clang or an external toolchain = (though the latter still needs a few more pieces to fall into place). Warner --Apple-Mail=_B2B21FB8-3E68-4D9E-A72D-25567EAFCE1B Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUor0DAAoJEGwc0Sh9sBEAJaYP/32BxSyBe6uARlNrjor0VZk+ Fdlljk/SU7k2sauMoRDtuiN6kelG0Doy51tUOMX6IKUEEGEgOjHzbU5bBI/BgkOd qEcXqoKzdrPSwdVo9B01jgY7hv9vVij4ORxaJsVvRjL5ggGrLYH1H/bn8p6wOTPG XEME9H90mHEd3KmwqhhltAF4s8rOnenD70dv9btJzePF93IvpdRUttiW5UhW+0I6 b/BqwRcqjdcdL9vvTcfSGNzBWBCK+FpfhxvAOsh1aSBERxjlMHI2zQdzTjpnpWm4 is5iSm8tdiqNFzvD93C6YcxwLTvelEqfIczBVAcXhFpRK56hD3xgCSVSVAA4TzYr yP8YI83oDlPt4GJ719THB13vhnxCVxoXPyFzVw18FDTgXK2dY/vJfu3ox4RKNQJY FqK1ZjKDkYWnzZxjKoJeQac34Asgx9vvIFiwa4cD4GkHmeoudLaWDWF0cUdlXpyU PyfKEVR5TDv0xegY/Ypv76MpT4RUg5DS+/ncgzdDEFcU6QF0RLgVMVFMZdG/Cctx RgM+NaRMaURr0J4Oxg+aC39LzzSisJjIRvF4SKEwFxVv8/8W/3zACUm48SDCujZs Gf539r5ubofNLyN/ZKX8vMDcCauelW2CI6CJNyf6TiQsq6gUEDvmmQ+/6R/tXdKr jUuRC0i50i7k8uFnTlKj =ebVg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_B2B21FB8-3E68-4D9E-A72D-25567EAFCE1B--
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