Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:28:30 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windriver, Slackware and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010418112830.A36122@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <007301c0c819$d03d74c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:11:15AM -0700 References: <20010418103127.F27000@lpt.ens.fr> <007301c0c819$d03d74c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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--mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:11:15AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > It used to be that when a company (like Apple) contributed > code to a UNIX (like BSD) they were allowed to keep their own > copyright on the code and just have it included in the > distribution. After the AT&T lawsuit, BSD doesen't allow this > anymore. If your a company and you want to contribute your > own copyrighted source to FreeBSD, you can only do this via the > ports mechanism. (ie: build a port for your stuff) You can not > get it into the kernel unless you agree to change the copyright > to give BSD perpetual control over it. FreeBSD doesn't require copyright transfer of donated code. Kris --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE63dzOWry0BWjoQKURAhIrAJ9g0aDpjWCh6GfAVQ/07o+MaW0wSACgkDDv ikaWk2zcJxPTVFgAd2hQL0s= =pNLq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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