Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:11:27 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> Cc: Ottavio Caruso via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A couple of questions about "fortune freebsd-tips" Message-ID: <20200430161127.7d03f7e4.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAEJNuHxS8-PdapyrRB0iVNWuCB0FNDDp_A2fGh4SCq_gOm6kVQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEJNuHxS8-PdapyrRB0iVNWuCB0FNDDp_A2fGh4SCq_gOm6kVQ.ref@mail.gmail.com> <CAEJNuHxS8-PdapyrRB0iVNWuCB0FNDDp_A2fGh4SCq_gOm6kVQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:09:25 +0100, Ottavio Caruso via freebsd-questions wrote: > On my system (12.1-RELEASE-p4) I have: > % ls /usr/share/games/fortune/ > freebsd-tips freebsd-tips.dat > > 1) where do they come from? I can't see them in the sources and I > definitely didn't install it from ports. It's part of the OS installation. Check /usr/src/games/fortune and especially /usr/src/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips. > 2) I'd like to reuse and modify freebsd-tips and include into another > project. I can't see any copyright notes about the fortune files. > There are attributions. I don't know what to do with these > attributions if I modify the text. Maybe something like "original by <name>" or "derived from so and so by <name>" would be sufficient? You could directly ask a responsible person from the FreeBSD team about this specific licensing question, even though I (as _not_ being a lawyer) would check if the BSD license applies here, and if it does, it should be fine if you modify the file, but include a reference to the original in your documentation. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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