Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 01:10:02 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu (David E. Cross) Cc: asami@cs.berkeley.edu, leec@adam.adonai.net, jkh@time.cdrom.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsd & commerce (Re: Informix on FreeBSD (maybe)) Message-ID: <199712310610.BAA00424@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971230224830.26262D-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> from "David E. Cross" at "Dec 30, 97 10:50:20 pm"
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David E. Cross said: > [i have removed hackers from the CC list] > > On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Satoshi Asami wrote: > > > * How would the FreeBSD Project feel if they found some rogue > > * company in Austin was charging for FreeBSD, installing, training, > > * and support? > > > > I wish there were more companies doing that! > > > > Satoshi > > That is even perfectly legal under the GNU license... For a BSD licence, > more power to them. > This is only one aspect of the usage of FreeBSD. You can do GPL-type things with FreeBSD, and do other things also. The support of FreeBSD for vertical applications is akin to what companies might do entirely internally. I don't think that there would be *any* bad feelings for any use, either internally or for redistribution as long as the license terms are followed. For the "rogue company" above :-), there are few or no restrictions that will cause you problems. In other situations (like mine), certain pieces of the software/system are removed due to unacceptable license terms, cdrom space limitations, etc. Then that modified distribution, with new install tools, are placed upon a new CDROM. That is also well within valid usage. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.
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