From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 16 08:34:48 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFA4232DA08 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:34:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com) Received: from sonic302-20.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (sonic302-20.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [66.163.186.146]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49mM2H5hMvz4Wq8 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:34:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com) X-YMail-OSG: PRdmJEQVM1k3oRclzY0UQmHqmynwnKWSTNjmWAU.9OWVmmk88PFn5QT5P78fFuI H_J0.F4as8SaSlWZtMT.8El8RgZU9IKLPOpnS.hz28DNvFvzzSFKoEHKEeoTzKHieSbCS19q4.Ab itr7jOKxt_xAQiNjDAZJZSpPKIy3K8gQ.O18ZPFeD03ao0Zltw3w19ZQRAl0KCEmBghhFezliROm wJM5av2Y5CLzApNe.tDN6x9TfwQAV8O.vyDjVhbsjDZikTbK2H4AfUkPph_gM.nnsIIvqpH9tg6b KoI3VIj4tSBPJMU0zK5ziz356dcZC26dTJZMY6ZCMzno8wgBnclaSFMvMd5Ij.fqbnrEupgvOHms loTyJ41UMdoyqUdOjDTYiFcahLsebjRbMpI1otFYkDTBWtR4CluS97BBWxvPr3m9l3LT3LtOOS8O 2KcVemVYIlF0r2L2QTtjVqO6duovv0KnC3GnU97eTuQAROkZONlMRs9Iv7IRixQYOaeUspBNk2Ab VKXxZnYCe0rlHtqLfKEoaTiLmCrBQst.yL2r2pZ_V14BlrVoZ16ItzuxmjiBp45tFLIofqyI5guU rIjHpUKumRSNL3qICRZ6RWylJlHoUqXeZZV.zCRn28JDZZ.RgkL3f7_8yd1Psuapo0tya5BXq0WH 3eDD6GnHsyaClRalrcC7NxDdiDZOyIrgMM5ZBR.VA5dC7y_q9PfEK4A9MoHNP5E16juQxT5d3cOA QWC8_jK2Rfh1uINZ8rl5lQ0_iHUIDxGuKsBmVj0xSEkP4GKh0eAZFt1bzsJjTA85sQqXHSQHLLWo VXjdViEzqOYh1JX9FzCHOVfHVj1rW54lvsI1RYFmEj9bmkQsHT3_x4viXZsV9lwoInAsGSDM.Q8a WhD1e6k82Zr8_Si6E3at9a49HZRl77UDOwMbrCdDOGJiN5E5Do16ld.rymOSoondjB77AYMa07Bs hY8sjT.3KT5wi.13xmlm8_L_JNj15pRMox4_36xz67fEHdfjIsZvQJTSqx4QJr6PujVi6pNJVXwb TJQJw6zjhV4z_1Qbv7DgDQ2jBJa.3FHWCm3tHF4KAJD9ydu4LHHj6O8M.k0hBlBPUSE5alojZYPK 8n9bt1SpgAXTTlMSF5Vq.fo2rr3Tt45ZIn4W4H2vmnjrjF6PQZ_tynphlQtU.nVCsl7AiRF6cmL8 Q94bE.E2TEbbq6MQSMa5DRLu65n9vXgK9GnOWSxfBX8yKCXbEhLWOsfeaSjEL6waye1sYy7ZmzrM CUz6ILki92.wxNFuJ21dnvnm5de8qW7X0J_tCl2e_CnY6SKmGM7PJtlEVOed16r6I4.So0w0DLfg Rnz2y_cXmSbjdv2thOhFofiF9rNk6nUWui3uNqdWlIrLB1t6Uj_iMqhDml.XW8qlryShcY0hNZZx dzIyzNNzzvw-- Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic302.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:34:46 +0000 Received: by smtp430.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (VZM Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID 0c8afea61ab5eb0f036386cd049e5ac6; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:34:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pj1-f50.google.com with SMTP id h95so1210809pje.4 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 01:34:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530mEAMxuCk+wvu/o19Iga7EaZOd21zr2OK/nQMCr0oxOwtLKNUw r0dhdo84DNguoZw8pThnOyjNXciqZ7xftts6nHA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyJvqkvHVzbbgTNT5QVQs7MlfoSJfSTAk31yM4XONkELlZ367+ZGIFhl3zvw4OGftsdd4JwN7nwNUxv97p9Szg= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:4c91:: with SMTP id my17mr1610280pjb.81.1592296484140; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 01:34:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <62dd152f-7c1a-a177-5224-b9005d04978d@boxsci.com> In-Reply-To: <62dd152f-7c1a-a177-5224-b9005d04978d@boxsci.com> From: Ottavio Caruso Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 09:34:26 +0100 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: question about the copyright To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.16119 hermes_yahoo Apache-HttpAsyncClient/4.1.4 (Java/11.0.6) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49mM2H5hMvz4Wq8 X-Spamd-Bar: -- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.94 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[yahoo.com:s=s2048]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.97)[-0.970]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[yahoo.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.01)[-1.013]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[yahoo.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[yahoo.com,reject]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[66.163.186.146:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.26)[-0.256]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ptr:yahoo.com]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com,pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[66.163.186.146:from]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[yahoo.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36646, ipnet:66.163.184.0/21, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com,pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[yahoo.com:dkim] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:34:48 -0000 On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 08:27, Warren Hua wrote: > > Hello > > I read through this guide: > https://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html > > but I am not sure, if I add one or more customized modules (written or > modified by ourselves) to freebsd kernel, and sell the biz service based > on this freebsd hosting, does it break the copyright? > Adding modules and then selling the product is not a problem in itself. The problem is: what licence so you want to attach to the new product? For example, if you did that to the Linux kernel, your only option would be to distribute the new kernel under the GPLv2. I can only guess that you could make a proprietary product out of FreeBSD just by adhering to condition 1 and 2 of the above mentioned licence. Or, even better, you can sell the product under the FreeBSD licence. -- Ottavio Caruso