Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 08:51:57 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson) Cc: proff@suburbia.net, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfilter compilation Message-ID: <199704071551.IAA29918@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970407000725.654M-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> from "Doug Rabson" at Apr 7, 97 00:08:27 am
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> > The problem with this is that packages in src/sys/contrib/* may have > > non-BSD copyrights -- but because it is under sys, you don't have any > > choice in the matter. > > I thought about this but it didn't seem to be a problem since there is a > mix of GNU and BSD copyrights in the src/contrib tree already. Having a > similar mix in the src/sys/contrib tree would be OK. Well, I suppose it would be OK. If we never compiled or linked the code for them. Otherwise, the resulting kernel would not be redistributable. Contrib code is generally seperate -- it fits under the mere agregation clause. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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