From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 10:55:13 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEEDF16A41A for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:55:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davids@webmaster.com) Received: from mail1.webmaster.com (mail1.webmaster.com [216.152.64.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABD0213C461 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:55:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davids@webmaster.com) Received: from however by webmaster.com (MDaemon.PRO.v8.1.3.R) with ESMTP id md50001714701.msg for ; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:55:26 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" To: "Freebsd-Chat@Freebsd. Org" Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 03:54:42 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-reply-to: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Authenticated-Sender: joelkatz@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:55:26 -0700 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 206.171.168.138 X-Return-Path: davids@webmaster.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:55:32 -0700 Subject: RE: viral license free fork of freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: davids@webmaster.com List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:55:13 -0000 > > I am intrested in putting together a version of FreeBSD (at least the > > non-ports portion) that is 100% viral license (gpl and lgpl [not > > techinically viral but I don't trust it]) free... where would be a > > good starting point on this project? > The short answer is that you simply cannot do this. You cannot > set the licensing terms on code you did not write without a > written relicensing agreement from the original author, which you > don't have. This is the law in the United States and it's > probably impossible for this or other reasons elsewhere. [snip] Ignore me. I'm sorry, I misread his original post. I saw the "100% viral license" and didn't connect the "free" after the parenthesis to mean *NO* viral license. Not "100% viral license" and "free" which is clearly not what he meant. So here I am bringing up the very thing I was complaining about constantly being brought up. In my defense, it is 4AMish my time. DS