From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 11 17:47:14 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FF31FB6 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:47:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi0-f50.google.com (mail-oi0-f50.google.com [209.85.218.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE95320C for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:47:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oi0-f50.google.com with SMTP id i138so9648490oig.23 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:47:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=6TxoJ1Qj2V3NB/t3r8X50Nf4ExOHgCM3E814epSWnTc=; b=Tr7KMscHdLmNR5KcnQhlowjJmOAJxc3nqwzrXbGc+MnY9dxDp1S1Q0hx4sz5Kf1y5U xVZRY32VU0ZFJB0qTb3bPasaSEpgc/HIBlBy/nAhra3X6ZaufZp3cM6xWe2YjkPIxJT2 zTOmWo/BFmUXUYaGlZ5zZgijT+jG/mSU3V+yU/LxSsMD3WuNc81qtGcNXLWiaZo1Pi36 r/XJX8Is/OiecO+EW4UIC5Y08hMGgZHHJJM8/2w3kZR5nushgEkJDQaTuHtujaXNZuu2 VygHEa5WQc8VXckY++2kZQvaDB0yumnF/o5Gtkb5Dpc4qRHEoPFEq109MT2bUnRbuGQ9 dzXw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnxvPTQ79hON1wM9Q8E2sn8sUMFJC/JpLLcNsCSArefhiIhBTHWJ8TJyqccZ6n1PA163e4V MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.177.231 with SMTP id ct7mr11711798oec.8.1413049626730; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:47:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.220.134 with HTTP; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:47:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:47:06 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What is the philosophy of FreeBSD about the licenses? From: Michael Sierchio To: =?UTF-8?Q?fran=C3=A7ai_s?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:47:14 -0000 On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:36 AM, fran=C3=A7ai s wro= te: > The following link explains the philosophy of OpenBSD and explains why th= e > GPL is unacceptable according to this philosophy : > http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html > > What is the philosophy of FreeBSD about the licenses? Let the License Flame War begin! ;-) I agree that GPL is unacceptable, and my lawyers do, too. Since I am no longer a hobbyist but work for a company that makes software and sells services, GPL is toxic. My view is that Stallman is an intellectual fascist, but he's a MacArthur Grant recipient and I am not. Because FreeBSD arose out of the flames of a different license war (also a patent and trademark war), when BSD was extricated from AT&T, encumbering licenses are not favored. The two clause BSD license is 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. Usually accompanied by a disclaimer and copyright claim. That license itself is the embodiment of the philosophy. - M