From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 18 11:08:21 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D8F16A417 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:08:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA60E13C465 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:08:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from kobe.laptop (vader.bytemobile.ondsl.gr [83.235.244.135]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id l9IB7roh013709 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:08:10 +0300 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9IB7S10001978; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:07:44 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l9IB7SDO001977; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:07:28 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:07:27 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" Message-ID: <20071018110727.GD1563@kobe.laptop> References: <258baeb80710171334h62adb855gb0191e8c32f6d62a@mail.gmail.com> <47164479.5050604@gmail.com> <258baeb80710171430x43e4a319p18de1a21283d7088@mail.gmail.com> <471646D9.2020205@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <471646D9.2020205@gmail.com> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.12, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.28, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, allen paul Subject: Re: Ref : Permission to use parts of FreeBSD documentation on My Website X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:08:21 -0000 On 2007-10-17 17:31, "Aryeh M. Friedman" wrote: >allen paul wrote: >> Thank you, That was the peice of information I was looking for. >> Sure, I will respect proper credits, and skip copyrighted >> information. I might have been mistaken if I mistook BSD >> documentation as freely distributed information under GNU license. >> But, as long as I can post a few Kernel related excerpts, I think I >> am good. > > In general your going to find BSD a more permissive license then GPL > (for sure less viral). Contact me privately if you need a good > background references this as well other possible licensing options > you may have. ... or ask here, on the freebsd-questions mailing list. There is no reason why a discussion about the way the BSD license works would be kept `private' in personal mailboxes :)