Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 01:14:15 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: "Rahul Siddharthan" <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, "David Johnson" <djohnson@acuson.com>, <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Windriver, Slackware and FreeBSD Message-ID: <009f01c0c8a8$b982ec80$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010419004045.A44949@xor.obsecurity.org>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kris Kennaway >> >> FreeBSD does not use kernel code that carries a copyright that is >> not BSD-like, ie: a license that basically gives everyone >> permission to do whatever the hell they want with the code. > >Copyright != license agreement > Quite correct, I'm very aware of this as a writer. :-) Let me just plead, though, that it's traditional in software source to delinate the license in the same place as a statement of copyright is made, most people don't understand or care about the difference. (perhaps they should, though) A software patent is also different than a copyright and a license too. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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