Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 15:07:11 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GNU components of BSD Message-ID: <20000207150711.A6986@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002042129260.20319-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002042129260.20319-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Fri 2000-02-04 (21:31), Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > I just realized something.... > If the FreeBSD distro includes GNU components, how can someone > repackage and resell FreeBSD like the BSD license allows? I'm talking > of course about the more liberal distribution allowed by BSD, such as > binary only, or after modifications where source is not distributed. The licenses on those components which require the distribution of source on request should you ever distribute binaries, apply only to those components. Just because 'gcc' is under GPL, doesn't mean that 'sendmail' is under GPL, simply because they're distributed on the same medium. The 'viral' nature (if you want to call it that, I'm not trying to pick fights) occurs when compiling code with GPL bits, or linking to GPL bits. Basically, you can repackage and resell a FreeBSD-based product, and change all the code, but will need to distribute the source to the components under GPL. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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