From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 14 22:01:19 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0E213D9 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 22:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-in2.apple.com (mail-out2.apple.com [17.151.62.25]) (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 779E0CC4 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 22:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-out.apple.com (mail-out.apple.com [17.151.62.49]) (using TLS with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail-in2.apple.com (Apple Secure Mail Relay) with SMTP id 9C.12.26497.E2D9D345; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:01:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from relay2.apple.com ([17.128.113.67]) by local.mail-out.apple.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.30.0 64bit (built Oct 22 2013)) with ESMTP id <0NDG001H0FTSWXL1@local.mail-out.apple.com> for questions@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:01:18 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11973e11-f79f76d000006781-a3-543d9d2e1431 Received: from [17.149.228.210] (Unknown_Domain [17.149.228.210]) (using TLS with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by relay2.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with SMTP id 9F.1D.19003.A2D9D345; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:01:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: FreeBSD Advertising clause From: Charles Swiger In-reply-to: Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:01:17 -0700 Message-id: References: To: Enrico Venezia X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFtrALMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUiON3OUFdvrm2IwemXChbdJ7uZHRg9Znya zxLAGMVlk5Kak1mWWqRvl8CVMXvrD5aC7UIVZ1feY25gfMXXxcjJISFgItG64zArhC0mceHe erYuRi4OIYFZTBKLljWygyR4BQQlfky+x9LFyMHBLCAvcfC8LEiYWUBL4vujVhaI+jlMEm97 bjPDDN26uglqUD+TxIWuy0wgCWEBdYm2I+eZQQaxCahJTJjIAxLmFAiWaL3UywZiswioSmw9 cIcRYoGkxKybncwQN1hJNP3ZBzZGSCBA4uqtW2C2iICmxMKn+6D2ykt8+HCcHWSvhMBrVomW 7W9YJjAKz0LywyyEH2Yh+WEBI/MqRqHcxMwc3cw8I73EgoKcVL3k/NxNjJAgFtzBeHyV1SFG AQ5GJR5eiXCbECHWxLLiytxDjNIcLErivG6NtiFCAumJJanZqakFqUXxRaU5qcWHGJk4OKUa GG9MTLu9cmZewbLMA+qPnJY4lPs78hy4XLf8TY/5PPELb5flC1RNZOcIuad+dcuLpA8qZ4oY FMpf7a5zFjv2jTuX7XGZRMfsODeGFwd8OVTPXVbXV4jiSOnVY/4tt2D5EzX1bwwdLyUVWZir Dt09OfHQy8mfBT6cvewxwzuBbdlvTw8njcmT5yqxFGckGmoxFxUnAgB033MWQwIAAA== X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFlrILMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUiOPXJJV2tubYhBvdOGll0n+xmtjh04Qaj A5PHjE/zWTx2zrrLHsAUxWWTkpqTWZZapG+XwJVx9ttZpoK3QhUzFlxkbGDs4u9i5OSQEDCR 2Lq6iQ3CFpO4cG89mC0k0M8kcXVeAYjNLKAlcePfSyYQm1fAQGLJrk3MILawgLpE25HzQDYH B5uAmsSEiTwgYU6BQInls96zgtgsAqoSWw/cYYQYIykx62YnM4StLbFs4WtmiJFWEi1r9zFB rA2QuHrrFpgtIqApsfDpPmaI0+QlPnw4zj6BkX8WkotmIbloFpKxCxiZVzEKFKXmJFYa6SUW FOSk6iXn525iBAVcQ6HzDsZjy6wOMQpwMCrx8BZE2oQIsSaWFVfmHmKU4GBWEuG1T7YNEeJN SaysSi3Kjy8qzUktPsQozcGiJM6bOg2oWiA9sSQ1OzW1ILUIJsvEwSnVwGi7msP7mfO1Z88E ri5a0xpaef4JT8vTpKApy6NPynv82WX1Wfp0s+BhSRa3TUuinjDOEjmqkJZavdbmPsuvzDn+ bN+WdRnHn0sP5Cjiaj/JcrHlMA/fNMvdN4PjjtwSSfI4toM3cY6x9f2eNxuy7Jm/XTb2MFrY 68LssnKD/Oz3OR2qhoKBHkosxRmJhlrMRcWJAFREPD00AgAA Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 22:01:19 -0000 On Oct 14, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Enrico Venezia wrote: > Hello, > > I'm Enrico Venezia, I come across in FreeBSD. > > I thought it's fantastic! I have only to mention the University of > California for my project! > > "3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software > must display the following acknowledgement: > This product includes software developed by the University of California, > Berkeley and its contributors." That's clause 3 from the so-called "old BSD" license. UC/Berkeley and most other BSD contributors have waived it in favor of the 2-clause or new BSD license. See: https://www.freebsd.org/copyright/license.html > While I was working on the source code, I discovered that many other files > was licensed by other authors. > > Thare are about 300 files with this sentence "This product includes > software developed by Berkeley>". > > So my questions are (and I hope that you can help me): If you want general feedback about common practices and community expectations, sure. However, if you need specific legal advice, hire an attorney. > - What mean advertising materials? Do I have to put 300 different sentences > in every page of my website, manual pages, etc? Not on each page, no. And not for most of the software which is under the 2-clause license. However, you do need to preserve notices for software under the BSD 3-clause license once on your website, in the manual or README. > - The 4-clause of the license says: "Neither the name of nor the > names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products > derived from this software without specific prior written permission.". It > is a violation of the clause writing "This product includes software > developed by "? I mean, can I write this sentence without specific > prior writter permission from the author? No, that would be a standard acknowledgement of origin. The no-endorsement-clause restricts folks from claiming that UC/Berkeley, the FreeBSD project, etc endorse your modified version of the software. > - Does the main COPYRIGHT file overwrite other author licenses? No. But most FreeBSD contributors have agreed to use the 2-clause format. Regards, -- -Chuck