From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 11 20:08:10 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30D35C1D for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 20:08:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi0-f46.google.com (mail-oi0-f46.google.com [209.85.218.46]) (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 F11621BB for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 20:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oi0-f46.google.com with SMTP id h136so9842700oig.5 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:08:09 -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:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8bBUJ+mlZXZU/cwCwz3ElxPpj9MLjSYWN5fs6mB4N2U=; b=V7hI1wQkvyJralgO7h3Lt/VWBvC9DVwK4Bkua+W2SkfUi+GJNmTNbmR9uT3gWh7AaR VagDw69JMJni3Wr4KHyykySPJDELJoOh/yK53RSYxzK9EzWpqHqk649CSQ81VednFxv6 93kyNpLPV41yEAyNYu+GEFHN4Z2syr8qrasc8Jo+N9iMb10PR6bwuBPpLLHD3RmHJy60 2xF5noXpGk3ynrm77Qp3P+F+kECTKvjQJ3z+7ur4VkM2TcFRBeS+XOUwSo7NRWIw8H/4 lxX3uyG082lI8MT6gGYePaX1dlQJRprENwQpfUQ2ZfonTVfblFCuQzPRFsb2a1wAwvrK H6SQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkMoJ1kIo2nG5D0kPbD7Cf9fPSOoS1xuTItx3Vh4qj/yB+Gkip0VV9Xu8cSgD1PSob7N1bu MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.165.138 with SMTP id yy10mr11882260obb.5.1413058089414; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.220.134 with HTTP; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:08:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <54396F26.7010706@FreeBSD.org> References: <54396F26.7010706@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:08:09 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What is the philosophy of FreeBSD about the licenses? From: Michael Sierchio To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 20:08:10 -0000 On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Matthew Seaman wrot= e: > On 11/10/2014 18:36, fran=C3=A7ai s wrote: >> 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. Matthew's comments are sufficient, but I will note that it's easier for an individual (Theo) to speak authoritatively on behalf of OpenBSD than it is for someone to do so on behalf of FreeBSD. It's a much more collaborative project. And it's not necessary to have a position statement, because the goals are clearly embodied in the roadmap. GPLv3 has the paradoxical effect of offering a lucid, cogent reason to get rid of all GPL'd software. - M