From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 10 02:06:27 2013 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 ESMTP id 62FFDA69 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 02:06:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ve0-x236.google.com (mail-ve0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c01::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1CC08209B for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 02:06:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f182.google.com with SMTP id m1so4437472ves.27 for ; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 19:06:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=Eoq2AyKzVtHrzdJwIBasyR8XfOgNMygkBE+ECX8nSpo=; b=cc3YzBImr6PiR3Kf0fKN820wE6GM/VAnE2XDTvN5bC8HgNvvvotVvSi5RZMNyn738P Hly1zVHOgV8bZG9QAhG1h6RwKbSdAz0rRLehtVtTB5FO3ZwFTI5e042WRas7G9sr7Y7i X8Yir7TJbd5TZ3wkSL2qkL3ZObGJ45qlwFKntf28/051V4lwsekihmV7yrl6xWWS2xbP BrJzLNB8YdggSbFW3C+IlvWQeZ65Z4JCeWopFltTw7Q62hR8DQeYHmIdSWxt8ZRlrzNp Whjf28gGUXBQsxqt74mkl2S+lO+CneTV6D6A7YmXDx1qIjJ/p8+ymTQUhhNp5ppxHS/c rQZA== X-Received: by 10.220.92.68 with SMTP id q4mr1967368vcm.93.1376100385640; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 19:06:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.16.1.223] (mail.olivent.com. [75.99.82.91]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ir5sm13053176veb.6.2013.08.09.19.06.24 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 09 Aug 2013 19:06:24 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: Commercial Licensing From: mikel king In-Reply-To: <002601ce956a$adfcf030$09f6d090$@indesyne.com> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 22:08:11 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <002601ce956a$adfcf030$09f6d090$@indesyne.com> To: "Someth San" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 02:06:27 -0000 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" 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"