From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 9 19:24:29 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@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 E1EB0924 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2014 19:24:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A239A20B7 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2014 19:24:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-69-249.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.69.249]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C417A24F94; Wed, 9 Jul 2014 21:24:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s69JOK3F001993; Wed, 9 Jul 2014 21:24:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 21:24:20 +0200 From: Polytropon To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?fran=E7ai?= s Subject: Re: Because the government of EUA finances BSD communities in the development of imperative technologies for intelligence and the Department of Defense (DARPA)? Message-Id: <20140709212420.8965b51d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:24:30 -0000 On Wed, 9 Jul 2014 16:03:53 -0300, fran=E7ai s wrote: > Because 90% of open source projects created within Google are BSD license? Is this per number of projects, per LOC or where does this value come from? Yes, Google is a big contributor, but assuming that 90% of the (existing?) open source projects has been created _by_ Google (or within Google) doesn't look right. Can you provide a source for that number? > Because the government of EUA finances BSD communities in the > development of imperative technologies for intelligence and the > Department of Defense (DARPA)? What's EUA? European Union of America? :-) You can easily see what BSD projects develop: It's all open source. If this source is turned into closed-source projects used for surveillance, industry espionage, sabotage and cyber warfare, you'll never know about it because governmental agencies hardly publish what technology they use. It is _possible_ that parts of BSD end in state security projects, the same way as BSD components could appear in MICROS~1 products or networking gear as a means to spy on networks and users. But the developers of those components did not have that intention. Note: Where there is potential for abuse, there _will be_ abuse. Everything that is technically possible will be done, no matter if we notice it (or ever find out about it). The BSD licenses are often criticized as a "rape me license" because it basically allows the (ab)use of BSD code for tasks that are against people, against freedom, against democracy and against common sense. > The answers to these questions will influence my choice decisions of > open source licenses. Read the licensing terms of the different licenses (BSDL, the GPLs, CDDL and so on). You can also write your own license by combining the parts you like. _You_ are the creator, it's your responsibility to choose the license you want to publish your software (or code) under. However, enforcing implications of that license is a totally different topic. It depends on the jurisdiction you're living in and that one your clients are living in. You definitely will have to consult a lawyer about this complicated topic. --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...