From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 2 10:06:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3937F16A4BF for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 10:06:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sj-iport-3.cisco.com (sj-iport-3-in.cisco.com [171.71.176.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC8FB43FAF for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 10:06:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vmah@cisco.com) Received: from cisco.com (171.71.177.238) by sj-iport-3.cisco.com with ESMTP; 02 Sep 2003 10:06:53 -0700 Received: from mira-sjc5-a.cisco.com (IDENT:mirapoint@mira-sjc5-a.cisco.com [171.71.163.34]) by sj-core-5.cisco.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h82H6pCb027262 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 10:06:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vmahw2k (sjc-vpn3-850.cisco.com [10.21.67.82]) by mira-sjc5-a.cisco.com (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.6-GR) with ESMTP id AJL99443; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:50:13 -0700 (PDT) From: "Victoria Mah" To: Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 10:06:49 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c37174$9a381ea0$0e0110ac@amer.cisco.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: information X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: vmah@cisco.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 17:06:55 -0000 Hello, I am an attorney at Cisco Systems, Inc. and have been asked to evaluate, from a legal perspective, obligations concerning usage of your code and whether making a donation would be appropriate. So for due diligence, while visiting your site, I noticed that at the "Copyright and Legal Information" page, the freeBSD license is posted along with the GPL and LGPL licenses. I am confused why the GPL and LGPL licenses are posted at your site and whether there are restrictions or obligations imposed, more than "Do not claim that you wrote this." and "Do not sue us if it breaks." Is all of the code available from your site licensed under the freeBSD copyright or some software available under the GPL or LGPL license? Also, the freeBSD copyright seems directed toward copyright but silent toward patent rights and trade secrets. Is this intentional? Thank you for any and all assistance you can give me. Regards, Victoria Mah