From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 10 03:13:06 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BD38461 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:13:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesgosnell@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x22d.google.com (mail-ie0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1A3023DC for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:13:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f173.google.com with SMTP id k5so3342454iea.32 for ; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 20:13:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=H5zTm5G/6pbD1wNyJqZRLwPMjnKue0GVAeXB1z4Fkpg=; b=MzkyhKPqu6YI//lEbSChLQEEOIqdFtExkD8wtMzfb8HoN1/7M2k5YavCtHC4oh5YFC AWSyFlmvN5EZ7mOCoLFAfuJ8ePkmkjF3uKQ1hdEGSA9qVOZrOhtsj4RsrWZodON4spNH 8TZO0g8IX0WPgpZXN6KKSevx0IFteE4X59b3mvBotmB8lMqbPsi/fRYtorX/+fPjg18H fBFJCg68LVpan04KzETQneFSC3GaM+meYCQXpVi90HSfarRtlBatAkVjHwC+IpM9Cn3c /FQBCprxVqBvVc3CCk24qzgJUW0YHzEs4nMjRv0GtACyTgmo1kg0qgvs0hjEqz2dAs5G HRqA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.246.67 with SMTP id lx3mr5837079icb.69.1376104385328; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 20:13:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.192.166 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Aug 2013 20:13:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130810025805.GB24269@neutralgood.org> References: <002601ce956a$adfcf030$09f6d090$@indesyne.com> <20130810025805.GB24269@neutralgood.org> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 22:13:05 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Commercial Licensing From: James Gosnell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:13:06 -0000 GPL'ed software in the base system: https://wiki.freebsd.org/GPLinBase On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 9:58 PM, wrote: > On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 08:41:04PM -0500, Someth San wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm interested in installing FreeBSD into a small form factor PC for > > commercial use and was wondering whether there is a EULA in place for > that > > purpose. I would like to avoid the open source requirement of disclosing > my > > codes to a public community. > > This requirement of disclosure isn't so much an "open source" thing, it's > required by some popular licenses (like the "GPL"). The rather large group > of people in software has groups that prefer restrictive licenses like the > GPL, and other groups who prefer licenses with fewer restrictions. > > Be aware that FreeBSD isn't covered by a single license. Rather, it is > made up of a large number of pieces of software that came from various > sources over a lot of years. > > In general FreeBSD tries to avoid using those kinds of license that you > are saying you want to avoid. But in the set of all software that make up > FreeBSD there is still code left covered by it. With a little care you can > avoid getting bitten by this. Which leads to my next point... > > > If you can provide some information/direction in this regard, I would > > greatly appreciate it. > > I want to second the advice of talking to a lawyer who specializes in > copyright. The lawyer should be working for you and paid by you (or your > business, etc). Any time real money is involved you should hire a lawyer. > > Any time real money is involved you should hire a lawyer. Any time the > outcome matters you should hire a lawyer. > > Seriously, your use of the term "EULA" shows you need to talk to a lawyer. > > Give your lawyer the FreeBSD source code and your lawyer can look at it > and advise you. > > But don't let this scare you. With a little care you will probably be just > fine. > > -- > "A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of > invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto the floor ... > in the vicinity of the cat, then moving the laser ... in an irregular way > fascinating to cats,..." -- US patent 5443036, "Method of exercising a cat" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- James Gosnell, ACP