Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:33:48 -0800 (PST) From: "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Very Common Question Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.05.9902202227420.54396-100000@goodall2.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199902210111.UAA15546@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > I think the main concept behind the FreeBSD license is that they don't > > want to force people to distribute source code for a product they've made > > using FreeBSD in part or in whole. This enables you to modify the code > > however you want and then sell it for profit. By the regular public > > license it is illegal to do this. > > This is a common misconception. There is absolutely nothing in the GPL > that says you cannot sell code for a profit. Afterall, for an example, > RedHat does it, right? The point I was trying to make was that you can't sell your software for profit, UNLESS you distribute the source code too (thereby giving away the secrets of your program.) This is right, isn't it Christ? FreeBSD's license doesn't require you to give away your source. Kenneth J. Marsh University of Washington durang@u.washington.edu Chemical Engineering To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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