Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 18:45:50 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: "Rob G. Smith" <virtus_nasa_gov@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: legal Message-ID: <20010120.18455000@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <F285pczeyifMH2knFMj00000454@hotmail.com>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/20/01, 4:39:03 PM, "Rob G. Smith" <virtus_nasa_gov@hotmail.com> wrote regarding legal: > Is it legal to sell (copies of)freeBSD on my site? <disclaimer> I am not a lawyer. </disclaimer> <general remark> My current understanding, based on what I have been reading on these lists as well as on a look at the BSD licence, is that you can charge for your production/delivery/whatsoever costs as much as you deem appropriate; however, you can charge NO SINGLE $ for the licence as such and, needless to say, you can make NO claim to that licence. If you create original derivative work based on FreeBSD code, the BSD licence lets you decide what to do: whether to "give it away", or charge for it and suchlike (in a commercial-style licence). </general remark> As to your specific case (www "delivery"), the question sounds curious. You could theoretically charge for your ahem "delivery services", but nowadays, with most (if not all) sites offering FreeBSD free of charge, I am afraid this kind of operation would do you more harm than good. On the other hand, if you do provide **technical support**, you are perfectly -- and morally -- entitled to charge for it (N.B. for the technical support). Incidentally, there ARE such societies (cf the freebsd website itself) and, IMVHO, they are more than welcome :-) If any of the above statement is incorrect, I will be scolded and spanked in no time :-)) Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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