Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:52:28 -0500 From: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Jonathan Weiss <tomonage2@gmx.de> Cc: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> Subject: Re: Star & FreeBSD Message-ID: <20050212005228.GA43996@VARK.MIT.EDU> In-Reply-To: <BE327FD7.184F9%tomonage2@gmx.de> References: <0A907D6523E90246822D32FA2344E244015E4B@CAA-UNCLMAIL.caa.army.mil> <BE327FD7.184F9%tomonage2@gmx.de>
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On Fri, Feb 11, 2005, Jonathan Weiss wrote: > > Is the CDDL license compatible with the BSD and MIT licenses? > > According to the OpenBSD-folks: NO Actually, I think the answer is YES. You're apparently answering a different question. See below. It is my understanding that virtually any open-source license is *compatible* with the MIT and 2-clause BSD licenses, since all the MIT/2-clause BSD licenses require is that you acknowledge and preserve the license, copyright, and disclaimer. However, I believe it is generally not possible to use CDDL code for integral parts of FreeBSD because, like the LGPL, the CDDL requires that modifications be made available under the CDDL. It is probably fine for kernel modules and extensions, but that's something core@ needs to decide. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and make no guarantee about the accuracy of the contents of this message. The opinions herein do not reflect those of the FreeBSD Project. Use this information at your own peril. Beware of dog. Slippery when wet.
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