Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:55:50 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the philosophy of FreeBSD about the licenses? Message-ID: <54396F26.7010706@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAK_6Rwe6RGj9B-61okexns9QLbyg-wxRgPg0Hs4Ba0efA0Mbvw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAK_6Rwe6RGj9B-61okexns9QLbyg-wxRgPg0Hs4Ba0efA0Mbvw@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --OE9n8Mn7ARSnOkDxjV3CsUJOtNi8Qi9ep Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/10/2014 18:36, fran=C3=A7ai s wrote: > The following link explains the philosophy of OpenBSD and explains why = the > GPL is unacceptable according to this philosophy : > http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html >=20 > What is the philosophy of FreeBSD about the licenses? On the whole: pragmatic. Most of the FreeBSD source code uses the FreeBSD license (no surprise there), but the project is happy to use code licensed under similar terms -- like the MIT or ISC licenses. Ultimately the aim is to have the whole system licensed under such terms.= However, where there is a compelling reason, and where it does not impose restrictive terms on the entire FreeBSD project, we are prepared to use GPLv2 or earlier code. Not GPLv3 though -- the onerous, viral terms there immediately rule it right out. This is why the system compiler stuck at gcc-4.2 for a long time, and is now being replaced by clang. We're also happy to import CDDL code (read: ZFS) which could not be used with recent GPL versions. Eventually we'll have a completely GPL free system. It's mostly useful now with the GPL'd bits omitted, and many embedded software and other companies are currently using it like that. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --OE9n8Mn7ARSnOkDxjV3CsUJOtNi8Qi9ep Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJUOW8sXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkAT218P/RWwnfQHUz88wxcLE1G1aZll pa0yPAIPyk3ixI1fEW5s0tipV9AY26hqxGM7Hs0W4pQQWOApZR6dY2jpPNAsiIDv IkNMl0HEvlk+Gq/yuJfDNoARBx3Y1+3kKd/PyHZb78SgEG1GkX42CPE2piim2W5X 3OYqt7HdVeZoiOduYiZwXmPjI7iHpPCaLSuXKWy/zxbacv9LWp7an3OkIAQAE0tx xjvjEQJbJ6TZqmFY/TDHEklRRCSoNkWbKJxV5v0q9NZHUAXB32mjF5FKkdMa+ODa O/IZ2hFSZxrqUioy4lE/RTIKq2Kic/h5hVv4GeuRzUW/jBLcMyS2BqCD3fk5e7Xy D/IpuYGunOT5iD5y48zkyWOAowcP2wkzDv22hylKo+LAx2Lo26yPAEu//k02FBpF CbvlcWtA0FTEazY088P2/eSmBZrcAxAJWb4PWo1St/ym1KgNVDoyNgxbWqqzo8eO 2NGaYU0yCKntc+lp1AeWW2yzY4ls+N3JExGCsb2MsJKcTutzMi5V7Dz5jRQXpYVM uNxXD1q87PegE9xHdAXgyIJCtQ+vUzeLGO9+jYI1nan5inFExzAz8cIvJr5Xj2Os /PToAWmDCxE+H3fP08fo0QQThYPjP7Dg9xJMJET0TuiPEKMbGinaZdMQE++gFY2d KG72U0UUbDxae3BojS6/ =0ZzA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OE9n8Mn7ARSnOkDxjV3CsUJOtNi8Qi9ep--
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