From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 11:20:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C6C21065674 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:20:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifikhan@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D5E38FC14 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:20:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifikhan@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so4227319rvf.43 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:20:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rHeJfvxa5iWmOCWMgbuDAmHfjSKdTSlwPPdlGPT/tXA=; b=ffTbfLJ9nDyf8Py7PyHte5ffC6/oRjbuUXBjapYx2RgzoAzM7T8u6Ufoi+Xc5i5CsH PPfNgMsJdqn4HQTsMSETQ5Mxo8DoVeKBSRfN6KS74OBaRP59bJ2p6oES5byz99nBMgND UBK3EsDOUqAR0UYl4zOKyQgpkoUuhMT5wqKRs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=YMHy5+mAxUDk0JhB9K928BQCJI1cM9AheoeioxtKQdT3zG2Q4pNanRX0yeaMad+5Kv kzw57lgAlsalAeDufp2ySdTDfqwNWuKBy+PDmXs81kbEwxTQCALGMcdDJXb2O41yldqW GXISALMUDkpT4HKc5X7ZgVcVOl88KJ3I7jeIw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: saifikhan@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.204.7 with SMTP id b7mr1030725rvg.117.1232623225868; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:20:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4976F5E2.7090907@unsane.co.uk> References: <9a52b1190901201015v68473203w649af60b08fca0d2@mail.gmail.com> <4976F5E2.7090907@unsane.co.uk> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:20:25 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4fa28d5102d29519 Message-ID: <9a52b1190901220320p66f69d4eg5c7032fff74b469f@mail.gmail.com> From: Saifi Khan To: Vincent Hoffman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: ASL 2.0 based software contribution to FreeBSD code base X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:20:26 -0000 On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > Saifi Khan wrote: >> Hi: >> >> Is Apache Software License (ASL) 2.0 based software contributions >> accepted in FreeBSD code base ? >> >> Specific case to consider would be: >> a. device driver code released under ASL 2.0 >> b. code contributed to kernel (eg. scheduler implementation) under ASL 2.0 >> c. code contributed to userland (eg. new implementation of ctags) under ASL 2.0 >> >> Can some of the experienced members share how things work within the >> context of FreeBSD project ? >> >> > I was going to answer with > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/pref-license.html > however in a recent discussion on the -current list > (http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=163526+0+current/freebsd-current) > Brooks Davis said > "This file is outdated. While this remains our prefered license, the > current > OpenBSD prefered license is the ISC licesed which is allowed by the license > policy we published to developers last year. We should probably replace > this > page with that policy." > > I'd ask for a copy of the current policy on freebsd-current@ if you dont > get any answers here. > > Hi Vince: Thank you for your kind reply. Please see my writeup on ASL at http://www.twincling.org/node/277 While i understand ASL, i'm keen to know what are the technical deviations (if any) in the BSD licsense followed by FreeBSD project. eg. if i write a device driver and release it under ASL 2.0, can it legally make into FreeBSD project ? -- thanks Saifi.