From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 10 7:12:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au (Ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.44.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54625153FA for ; Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:12:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA70248; Tue, 10 Aug 1999 23:43:33 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from glewis) From: Greg Lewis Message-Id: <199908101413.XAA70248@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Modifying freebsd source... In-Reply-To: from Doug at "Aug 9, 1999 10:41:41 pm" To: Doug Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 23:43:33 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL56 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hey, If I were to modify some of the freebsd source, like, fstat or ps, and > then put the source and stuff on a cd and along with all that is on the > freebsd cd's i got from cheapbytes, so I can burn it and give it to my > freinds with my modifications i made, Can I do this without getting my > anus chewed off in a law suit? Thanks The short answer is yes, unless Cheap Bytes have placed stuff on their cdroms under a license other than the BSD license. Read the BSD license itself for full details of what you are allowed to do with the code. -- Greg Lewis glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au Computing Officer +61 8 8303 5083 Teletraffic Research Centre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message