Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:45:05 +0000 From: John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com> To: Darren Pilgrim <phi@evilphi.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDTRACE is gone? Message-ID: <20061122214505.GB48004@what-creek.com> In-Reply-To: <4564B095.3000002@evilphi.com> References: <2b22951e0611212109t69b01400q5eb0ba15b028ce68@mail.gmail.com> <20061122051359.GA42639@what-creek.com> <4564B095.3000002@evilphi.com>
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:18:29PM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > Which restrictions do you see preventing the distribution of a > DTRACE-enabled GENERIC kernel binary? I would refer you to sections > 3.1, 3.4 and 3.5 of the license[1], which state: > > - the CDDL is mandatory on the source code distribution; > - the original copyright notice for the original work must be displayed; > - binary distributions of CDDL-licensed software may be relicensed; > > The requirement for the last is that the new license not conflict with > the CDDL. The CDDL doesn't otherwise restrict use, modification or > distribution and includes the ability to sublicense the original code as > well as and derived works. > > Someone please point out the conflict. I don't see one. FreeBSD's policy is to ship a GENERIC kernel which is entirely BSD licensed. Kernel modules and other kernel options can include other licenses, but the options enabled in GENERIC must be BSD licensed. -- John Birrell
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