From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 23:23:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA84216A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:23:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from p15140542.pureserver.info (papendorf-se.de [217.160.222.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D05C43D2D for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:23:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nagilum.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by p15140542.pureserver.info (Postfix) with ESMTP id B17242F4117; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:23:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from p15140542.pureserver.info ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (p15140542 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17710-09; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:23:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from cakebox.homeunix.net (unknown [217.188.235.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by p15140542.pureserver.info (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D0F12F405B; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:23:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cakebox.homeunix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 383B43029C5; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:23:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from cakebox.homeunix.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cakebox.tis [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 63579-05; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:23:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.1.1.4] (scorpio.tis [10.1.1.4]) by cakebox.homeunix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE753029B0; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:23:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4182D0D1.9010404@nagilum.org> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:22:57 +0200 From: Nagilum User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rogeriocordeiro References: <000701c4b6f3$b1521030$6700a8c0@w2kprows1> In-Reply-To: <000701c4b6f3$b1521030$6700a8c0@w2kprows1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cakebox.homeunix.net X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at papendorf-se.de cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mac os X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:23:21 -0000 Hi, In short the BSD licence grants everyone to do whatever he or she pleases to do with it under two conditions (IAMNAL!): 1. Keep the Author(s) name(s) in the file 2. Don't hold the Author(s) liable for the code So it's perfectly ok for Apple to use FreeBSD code in MacOS-X or Microsoft to use OpenBSD code in their SFU. Kind regards, Alex. rogeriocordeiro wrote: >Hello! > > > >I am new to FreeBSD and I have some questions regard the licensing. > >My question is regarding using FreeBSD for profit? > > > >Ex. Mac OS X is based on FreeBSD 5.X. > > > >Is this allowed or not and if so what are the requirements. > >I have read the public license and I would have to say with all the legal >running around, portions of its intent can seem a bit lost to me. I would >need to wait for my head to stop spinning. > > > >Instead of me explaining my interpretation could I get two or three examples >of what is and is not allowed under the license? > > > >Party A downloads FreeBSD for commercial purposes and for profit no code >modification. > > > >Party A downloads FreeBSD for profit to make own platform like Mac os X. > >(I am not picking on Mac, I am glad they are aboard. Just not sure how all >that works. I would also like to include how this applies to embedded >systems such as network appliances.) > > > >Party B uses code from FreeBSD written by Party A for profit and non-profit. > > > >Forgive me if my questions seem non-sequitur like I said I am new to all >this and may not have the correct questions. > > > >As I am new to the industry I have a great deal of questions and not sure >where to start. > >I would eventually like to sell my services and solutions to potential >customers using FreeBSD. > >I figure if it is okay for Linux, we should be able to do the same for >FreeBSD? > > > >If I am wrong, please explain if possible. > > > >If possible it would be great if the answers could be expanded to the code >not just the compiled binaries. > >It may help the rest of us new to FreeBSD if these examples were on your >site. > >Just a suggestion > > > >P.S. > > > >Once I am up to speed I would like to become a contributor at some level. > >Are there any guide lines to follow, and are they covered in the developer's >handbook I downloaded? > > > >Is the Darwin project part of the FreeBSD group such as FreeBSD for PPC or >is now a separate entity? > >Can the code from Darwin be used back in FreeBSD? > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >