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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:59:16 -0800
From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
To: Richard Schilling <rschi@rsmba.biz>
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Subject: Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License
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On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 05:12:38 -0800
Richard Schilling <rschi@rsmba.biz> wrote:

> On 2004.01.24 19:14 Bill Woods wrote:
> > And this has what do do with FreeBSD Stable ?
> 
> It's simply a notification that I will be distributing some of my
> original works under this license.  Since FreeBSD is the mainstay
> operating system for me and my company, we forsee at some point to
> start releasing new BSD add-ons under this license.

There's certainly nothing stopping you from releasing proprietary
add-ons for FreeBSD, and making the source for them public, and
accepting patches from developers.

i.e.  There's no reason to become OSI certified to distribute software
in the manner that you seem to intend.

-Chris