Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 22:08:11 -0400 From: mikel king <mikel.king@gmail.com> To: "Someth San" <ssan@indesyne.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Commercial Licensing Message-ID: <C8FCBBDB-6CC7-471D-95A7-4133989C3FF0@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <002601ce956a$adfcf030$09f6d090$@indesyne.com> References: <002601ce956a$adfcf030$09f6d090$@indesyne.com>
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Greetings Someth, With FreeBSD you are free use as you see fit. Think of the BSD license = in terms of 'Free' beer and not the freedom to look under the hood like = some other mock free licenses. If this were not the case then Apple = would not have been able to derive Mac OS X from FreeBSD and close the = source of their product.=20 The nature of the various FreeBSD licenses allow for you to do this with = the exception of some newer versions of the license the include an anti = relicensing clause which essentially prohibits you from taking a BSD = licensed code based and relicensing it under one of the GPL versions. At = this point those sorts of addendum's are rare but definitely becoming = more popular.=20 Ultimately there is not requirement that you give back to the BSD = community in the form of your code additions however you are strongly = encourage to do so, the choice is yours. Finally I would recommend consulting an IP attorney for a review of the = current license just to ensure that everything is still as it was = explained to me a long time ago by mine. Regards, Mikel On Aug 9, 2013, at 9:41 PM, "Someth San" <ssan@indesyne.com> wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I'm interested in installing FreeBSD into a small form factor PC for > commercial use and was wondering whether there is a EULA in place for = that > purpose. I would like to avoid the open source requirement of = disclosing my > codes to a public community. >=20 > If you can provide some information/direction in this regard, I would > greatly appreciate it. >=20 > Thank you. >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Someth San > Indesyne Inc. >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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