From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 10 10:46:53 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1206EE8 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:46:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feenberg@nber.org) Received: from mail2.nber.org (mail2.nber.org [66.251.72.79]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B164924EE for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:46:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nber2.nber.org (nber2.nber.org [66.251.72.72]) by mail2.nber.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r7AAkQsf076055 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 10 Aug 2013 06:46:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from feenberg@nber.org) Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 06:46:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Feenberg To: kpneal@pobox.com Subject: Re: Commercial Licensing In-Reply-To: <20130810025805.GB24269@neutralgood.org> Message-ID: References: <002601ce956a$adfcf030$09f6d090$@indesyne.com> <20130810025805.GB24269@neutralgood.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.03 (LRH 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Anti-Virus: Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server 5.6.39/RELEASE, bases: 20130810 #10920879, check: 20130810 clean Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, Someth San X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:46:54 -0000 On Fri, 9 Aug 2013, kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 08:41:04PM -0500, Someth San wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm interested in installing FreeBSD into a small form factor PC for >> commercial use and was wondering whether there is a EULA in place for that >> purpose. I would like to avoid the open source requirement of disclosing my >> codes to a public community. > You haven't said if "commercial use" includes the distribution of executables. Note that the GPL requirement to disclose source applies only if binaries are distributed outside your establishment. You can make commercial use of the device inside your firm of GPL code without violating the GPL. This is often forgotten in discussion, and leads to unnecessary worry. Daniel Feenberg