Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:09:13 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: GMO-Bug <gmobug@gmobug.twbbs.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: May I ? Message-ID: <20041025120913.GA96353@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <000801c4ba88$b1ac1560$0101a8c0@WINDOWS> References: <000801c4ba88$b1ac1560$0101a8c0@WINDOWS>
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--CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:49:31PM +0800, GMO-Bug wrote: > May I publish my own distribution base on FreeBSD? Just for personal, not= business. > On internet, I saw that I can't do that because FreeBSD doesn't follow GP= L. > But from here http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/COPYING, I think FreeBSD f= ollow GPL, so I want to make sure. > I have the interest to Live CD (base on FreeBSD) recently. > I want to know whether I can publish it like Knoppix, or not? Sure you can. The BSD license is *less* restrictive than the GPL -- if you really want to, you can publish a FreeBSD derived binary only distro and charge a traditional style license fee for it[1]. Making your own derivative OS distribution under FOSS terms is certainly permitted. Note that various bits of FreeBSD are under separate licenses, including some parts under the GPL and the LGPL. There's nothing in the base system that's not freely redistributable though. Cheers, Matthew [1] Although unless you've got significant added value in there such a business plan would be financial suicide... --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBfOzpiD657aJF7eIRArf1AJ9r1u9DXrbzKqkptZ4A9jOoSOLn3gCgrVVV UC+oTU7pPJjK6oLe7KJkKeE= =M2P8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK--
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