Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 17:04:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mr. K." <bsd@inbox.org> To: Jonathan Fosburgh <syjef@mail.mdanderson.org> Cc: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSD license questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009071659480.3610-100000@inbox.org> In-Reply-To: <14775.65247.827000.782591@jef-nt.mdacc.tmc.edu>
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On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Jonathan Fosburgh wrote: > > But, as Alfred replied, the license only goes one level deep. The software > > can be relicensed with proprietary terms although it must include a copy of > > the original BSD license stating its origins. Is this correct? > The original source/binary cannot itself be relicensed, that remains > forever the intellectual property of the Regents (until sold, > released, etc). Only modifications you make can be under a different > license. The BSD license just lets you release the code+mods in binary > only form, as opposed to the GPL where your mods are GPL as well. I > could do up my own distro of FreeBSD without changing any code. If I > do that, I still have to have a copyright statement saying that > portions are copyright The FreeBSD Project, Inc, The Regents of the > University of California, etc etc etc, but I don;t have to make the > source available except for the portions that are GPL'd. > The question does not concern source. It concerns distribution in binary without allowing redistribution. If the BSD licence allows you to release the code+mods in binary only form, what stops the end user from re-releasing the code+mods in binary only form? This is actually a good question, which I don't see an adequate answer to. The statement was that the licence only goes one level deep, but that is not said in the licence itself. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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