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Date:      Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:22:57 +0200
From:      Nagilum <freebsd@nagilum.org>
To:        rogeriocordeiro <rogeriocordeiro@yahoo.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: mac os X
Message-ID:  <4182D0D1.9010404@nagilum.org>
In-Reply-To: <000701c4b6f3$b1521030$6700a8c0@w2kprows1>
References:  <000701c4b6f3$b1521030$6700a8c0@w2kprows1>

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Hi,

In short the BSD licence grants everyone to do whatever he or she 
pleases to do with it under two conditions (IAMNAL!):
1. Keep the Author(s) name(s) in the file
2. Don't hold the Author(s) liable for the code
So it's perfectly ok for Apple to use FreeBSD code in MacOS-X or 
Microsoft to use OpenBSD code in their SFU.
Kind regards,
Alex.

rogeriocordeiro wrote:

>Hello!
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>I am new to FreeBSD and I have some questions regard the licensing.
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>My question is regarding using FreeBSD for profit?
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>Ex.  Mac OS X is based on FreeBSD 5.X.
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>Is this allowed or not and if so what are the requirements.
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>I have read the public license and I would have to say with all the legal
>running around, portions of its intent can seem a bit lost to me.  I would
>need to wait for my head to stop spinning.
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>Instead of me explaining my interpretation could I get two or three examples
>of what is and is not allowed under the license?
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>Party A downloads FreeBSD for commercial purposes and for profit no code
>modification.
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>Party A downloads FreeBSD for profit to make own platform like Mac os X.
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>(I am not picking on Mac, I am glad they are aboard. Just not sure how all
>that works. I would also like to include how this applies to embedded
>systems such as network appliances.)
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>Party B uses code from FreeBSD written by Party A for profit and non-profit.
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>Forgive me if my questions seem non-sequitur like I said I am new to all
>this and may not have the correct questions.
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>As I am new to the industry I have a great deal of questions and not sure
>where to start.
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>I would eventually like to sell my services and solutions to potential
>customers using FreeBSD.
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>I figure if it is okay for Linux, we should be able to do the same for
>FreeBSD?
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>If I am wrong, please explain if possible.
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>If possible it would be great if the answers could be expanded to the code
>not just the compiled binaries.
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>It may help the rest of us new to FreeBSD if these examples were on your
>site.
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>Just a suggestion
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>P.S.
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>Once I am up to speed I would like to become a contributor at some level.
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>Are there any guide lines to follow, and are they covered in the developer's
>handbook I downloaded?
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>Is the Darwin project part of the FreeBSD group such as FreeBSD for PPC or
>is now a separate entity?
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>Can the code from Darwin be used back in FreeBSD?
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