From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 21 14:58:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA05834 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 14:58:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA05812 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 14:58:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA10636; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:28:07 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA11262; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:28:06 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980122092806.28394@lemis.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:28:06 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Elizabeth_Renk@atlas.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Software Licensing Question References: <199801212238.OAA01487@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199801212238.OAA01487@hub.freebsd.org>; from Elizabeth_Renk@atlas.com on Wed, Jan 21, 1998 at 02:22:00PM -0800 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jan 21, 1998 at 02:22:00PM -0800, Elizabeth_Renk@atlas.com wrote: > If I use FreeBSD in a product that I develop, is there a licensing > issue if I resell the product to a customer? There's always a licensing issue when you sell a product under license. > If so, where do I find out what steps I need to take to ensure that > I am following proper procedures? The standard FreeBSD license is derived from the Berkeley license, which you'll find at the top of every source file: /* * Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 * The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software * must display the following acknowledgement: * This product includes software developed by the University of * California, Berkeley and its contributors. * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software * without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. */ Read this carefully. It doesn't require money, it doesn't stop you from distributing it, but there are strings attached. Greg