From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 22 21:46:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D1716A47C for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:46:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jb@what-creek.com) Received: from what-creek.com (what-creek.com [66.111.37.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D4C543E5A for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:43:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jb@what-creek.com) Received: by what-creek.com (Postfix, from userid 102) id 70C0F140EC03; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:45:05 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:45:05 +0000 From: John Birrell To: Darren Pilgrim Message-ID: <20061122214505.GB48004@what-creek.com> References: <2b22951e0611212109t69b01400q5eb0ba15b028ce68@mail.gmail.com> <20061122051359.GA42639@what-creek.com> <4564B095.3000002@evilphi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4564B095.3000002@evilphi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDTRACE is gone? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:46:13 -0000 On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:18:29PM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > Which restrictions do you see preventing the distribution of a > DTRACE-enabled GENERIC kernel binary? I would refer you to sections > 3.1, 3.4 and 3.5 of the license[1], which state: > > - the CDDL is mandatory on the source code distribution; > - the original copyright notice for the original work must be displayed; > - binary distributions of CDDL-licensed software may be relicensed; > > The requirement for the last is that the new license not conflict with > the CDDL. The CDDL doesn't otherwise restrict use, modification or > distribution and includes the ability to sublicense the original code as > well as and derived works. > > Someone please point out the conflict. I don't see one. FreeBSD's policy is to ship a GENERIC kernel which is entirely BSD licensed. Kernel modules and other kernel options can include other licenses, but the options enabled in GENERIC must be BSD licensed. -- John Birrell