Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:38:34 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Elektronix Support <support@elektronix.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Licensing issues Message-ID: <20031219093834.GA42982@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <PFEHKBBGIKHCCKGJDBABEEJMCEAA.support@elektronix.no> References: <PFEHKBBGIKHCCKGJDBABEEJMCEAA.support@elektronix.no>
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--TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:05:45AM +0100, Elektronix Support wrote: > Dear support / sales, FreeBSD does not have the sort of corporate structure you're expecting: basically it's a bunch of people who have got together to write an operating system. You've connected to a mailing list used for answering user questions, which I suppose counts as "support", but there's no "sales" anywhere here -- the Free in FreeBSD is quite literal. =20 > I work as Technical Support Manager in a firm that manufacture industrial > computers. > One of our customers ask if we can install FreeBSD version 4.6 or higher > versions of FreeBSD on our hardware solutions, and sell to him. The > organization we will sell this to is the end-user. >=20 > This computer will function as Internet router / Firewall. Yes -- this is entirely permissible. Indeed, it is encouraged. =20 > I need to know if we can install FreeBSD and charge our customer for this, > or if there are restrictions we must be aware of. >=20 > Please advice, I don't want to brake anyone's copyrights. FreeBSD's terms are, in a nutshell: you can do whatever you want with this software so long as a) you preserve the copyright notice on the code and b) you acknowledge the original authors. For the full legalese, see http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html, http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/license.html (Some parts of the system use other terms, such as the GPL, but those do not impose any overly restrictive additional burdens on the user). Cheers, Matthew --=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 --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/4scadtESqEQa7a0RAgLDAJ9YVC1S9OclwgTuiLYdFJnswshCCQCgi6rc Cumki/tvjRNSRtKB3HH8PTA= =6RZ5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/--
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