Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 12:47:07 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Gregory W. Loyd" <gloyd@auc.trw.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: gloyd@pcisys.net Subject: Re: Legal Question about FreeBSD Message-ID: <19981126124707.R67961@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <365CB904.CA7C1C52@pcisys.net>; from Gregory W. Loyd on Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 07:12:20PM -0700 References: <365CB904.CA7C1C52@pcisys.net>
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On Wednesday, 25 November 1998 at 19:12:20 -0700, Gregory W. Loyd wrote: > I have been using FreeBSD since the release of 2.2.1. I must say that I > am extreemly pleased and impressed. My appreciation for such a powerful > OS goes out to all those responsible for this encredible piece of work. > > I have downloaded your relase of 2.2.7 and I want to know is it legal to > burn an exact copy to a cdrom and redistribute it to a friend? Yes. > If this is legal, do I need to reference anything pertaining to you, > i.e., trademards, copy rights, etc.... If so, could you tell me what > items of yours need to be given full credit and is there a specific > way in which this credit must be presented? Well, it's the standard Berkeley License: /* * Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1993 * The Regents of the University of California. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software * must display the following acknowledgement: * This product includes software developed by the University of * California, Berkeley and its contributors. * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software * without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * */ Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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