Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:09:55 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/marketing/os-comparison.html Message-ID: <12D67DFA-5F13-4FFC-96BE-BF3D93C36595@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1L_imiDXWoJqiP3edePrv6u3GBNJ9=UWGkB98GkKLQZuw@mail.gmail.com> References: <4E5941D6.9090106@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5BEF65.2010502@gmail.com> <4E5CAD9E.6050903@rktmb.org> <4E5CB49F.50806@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5CBC14.4080908@rktmb.org> <4E5CF1ED.2030504@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5CF417.5080503@rktmb.org> <4E5D031E.2000602@xaerolimit.net> <4E5D1E46.7000908@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5DC66D.1090602@rktmb.org> <CAGH67wR4=kKjx6HO8haVPxiZprJFAr7REZ82t6BmW%2BKwm4KBBw@mail.gmail.com> <4E5E73E5.4020804@xaerolimit.net> <4E5E764D.7090806@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <CAGH67wQLNt6zUz4aYRLPP1=7KqeOS9iBuizP5zqq63Q=5MWmXw@mail.gmail.com> <4E5E829D.7000405@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <CAFHbX1L_imiDXWoJqiP3edePrv6u3GBNJ9=UWGkB98GkKLQZuw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sep 1, 2011, at 4:48 AM, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Hartmann, O. > <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >> On 08/31/11 20:13, Garrett Cooper wrote: >>> The list would be way too long. I know other Linux-based groups that >>> have integrated drivers from FreeBSD as well for proprietary work. >>> Thanks, >>> -Garrett >>=20 >> And claimed then it's GPLv3? >=20 > Not that anything is (legally) wrong with that. All code re-use is > good - if so many OSes hadn't reused BSD sockets, we probably wouldn't > be having this discussion now. Assuming the license had been preserved in the derived work. If not, then th= at is a problem.. I'm also not sure that relicensing source as GPL if it was originally BSD is= such a wise thing to do either, but IANAL. Thanks, -Garrett=
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