From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 13 07:41:48 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@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 ESMTPS id 7A414AE3; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:41:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout07.t-online.de (mailout07.t-online.de [194.25.134.83]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mailout00.t-online.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3917F999; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:41:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fwd41.aul.t-online.de (fwd41.aul.t-online.de [172.20.27.139]) by mailout07.t-online.de (Postfix) with SMTP id C7F952918E1; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:41:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.119.33] (VmYRHwZeQh9KN4Cb4Xp1A0FJ7JTqgL2rRc2jWQWYei5J3fpajWp5-di26zHgC63wGM@[84.154.101.219]) by fwd41.t-online.de with (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) esmtp id 1XShxi-2R2WXY0; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:41:38 +0200 Message-ID: <5413F526.2070207@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:41:26 +0200 From: Stefan Esser User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "jon.ruse" , "" Subject: Re: GNU LICENSING References: <88FF098E-0351-4D16-BEAB-60FA1219F3BF@thegarbagefile.org> In-Reply-To: <88FF098E-0351-4D16-BEAB-60FA1219F3BF@thegarbagefile.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-ID: VmYRHwZeQh9KN4Cb4Xp1A0FJ7JTqgL2rRc2jWQWYei5J3fpajWp5-di26zHgC63wGM X-TOI-MSGID: 39d62b96-6d27-4683-ae04-37bc0087e2bf X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:41:48 -0000 Am 13.09.2014 um 09:04 schrieb jon.ruse: > I was wondering how to apply to the gnu licensing and how to sign and > commit to the licensing laws.. Would you mind telling me how to > assign to one please?? And one other thing in the license of most gnu > licensing they go on to mention the 'AS IS' commitment but I don't > fully understand, as well could you give me five minutes of you busy > time to explain please?? You just accept the GPL and act accordingly, there is nothing to sign. If you violate the license rules and somebody notices, you may be sued, though. But you really should ask a project that uses the GPL! The BSD projects use the much simpler BSD license for all internally developed code, which in its 2-clause form just requests that you do not remove the copyright mark from any source files and that you distribute a copy of the license with any binaries. And it excludes warranties (in the "PROVIDED ... AS-IS" sentence), as usual for such licenses. [...] > I do donate to the fsf donation station if that is anything meaning?? No it doesn't - donations do not affect what you are allowed to do under the GPL. Regards, STefan