From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 1 16:10:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66866106566B for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 130348FC08 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk28 with SMTP id 28so1885110gxk.13 for ; Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:10:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to; bh=cjyjXCCMR8W990+0xHRr8kvFfsM5n6yULfrnX6X79Q8=; b=Q4Uci0lT6KSIXOHpg5G9cBqININECgmaHZ0nfj1GD5rmn/6C8p2ty9JsTncBtmimPe QQcljP5L0wgnLa7n9WeICaYjzmOkd1QWkKDUrPrWUMK5GH9+KQMF8ToOu2rOcH1o8+Nb I6oxhrpMBsdIDUL5rOlTlVPR3hT6/52T8CT+E= Received: by 10.42.156.68 with SMTP id y4mr2251icw.325.1314893403164; Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.20.56] (c-24-6-49-154.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.6.49.154]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id lr4sm160409icb.20.2011.09.01.09.10.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:10:01 -0700 (PDT) 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> <4E5E73E5.4020804@xaerolimit.net> <4E5E764D.7090806@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5E829D.7000405@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8L1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <12D67DFA-5F13-4FFC-96BE-BF3D93C36595@gmail.com> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8L1) From: Garrett Cooper Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:09:55 -0700 To: Tom Evans Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" , "Hartmann, O." Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/marketing/os-comparison.html X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:10:04 -0000 On Sep 1, 2011, at 4:48 AM, Tom Evans wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Hartmann, O. > 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=