From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 13:53:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE2B316A4CE; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:53:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mvs1.plala.or.jp (c158129.vh.plala.or.jp [210.150.158.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3EC043D49; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:53:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e-kamo@trio.plala.or.jp) Received: from msc1.plala.or.jp ([172.23.8.24]) by mvs1.plala.or.jp with ESMTP id <20050212135344.CKQD8399.mvs1.plala.or.jp@msc1.plala.or.jp>; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:53:44 +0900 Received: from [220.33.68.68] by msc1.plala.or.jp with ESMTP id <20050212135344.BGGI20796.msc1.plala.or.jp@[220.33.68.68]>; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:53:44 +0900 Message-ID: <420E0A6B.6@trio.plala.or.jp> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:53:47 +0900 From: Eitarou Kamo User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) X-Accept-Language: ja, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Schultz , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <0A907D6523E90246822D32FA2344E244015E4B@CAA-UNCLMAIL.caa.army.mil> <20050212005228.GA43996@VARK.MIT.EDU> <420D92CA.5050200@trio.plala.or.jp> <20050212062221.GA51239@VARK.MIT.EDU> In-Reply-To: <20050212062221.GA51239@VARK.MIT.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Star & FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:53:47 -0000 David Schultz wrote: > >>As the conclusion, which state are available? >> >>Pre Post >>---------------------------------- >>BSD license ----> CDDL >>GPL license ----> CDDL >>MIT license ----> CDDL >>CDDL ----> BSD license >>CDDL ----> GPL license >>CDDL ----> MIT license >> >> > >The Copyright holder can release his code under whatever licenses >as he sees fit. If you're not the Copyright holder, then the >story is different. It is my understanding that it is possible to >add additional restrictions to BSD/MIT-licensed software (without >removing the original restrictions and disclaimer, of course). >However, the GPL forbids additional restrictions on both source >and binary distributions, and the CDDL forbids additional >restrictions on source distributions: > > You may not offer or impose any terms on any Covered > Software in Source Code form that alters or restricts the > applicable version of this License or the recipients > rights hereunder. --CDDL 1.0, sec 3.4 > >It's too bad that Sun's lawyers think they need to force people to >contribute changes back to them. > > > CDDL doesn't cause Hybrid GPL like issue copyright and copyleft issue, I wonder? Anyway I'll try not to mention so much not to make a god furious. Once again, the post herein and hereto is subject to hereinafter. >Once again: I am not a lawyer and make no guarantee about the >accuracy of the contents of this message. The opinions herein do >not reflect those of the FreeBSD Project. Use this information at >your own peril. Beware of dog. Slippery when wet. > > > #BTW, my FreeBSD-5.3 work comfortably on this machine so far. Eitarou