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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:55:58 -0800
From:      Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net>
To:        jeguelf5@rockwellcollins.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Free BSD Licensing
Message-ID:  <20100323195558.GA24445@alucard.int.rhavenn.net>
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, jeguelf5@rockwellcollins.com wrote:

> Free BSD representative,
> 
> I am inquiring if Free BSD is installable under the The GNU General Public 
> License (short: GNU GPL or simply GPL)?  Need to verify that for the 
> requester of this software as coming through our subcontracts division.

How do you install something "under" a license? FreeBSD is developed
and distributed using the BSD license. More information is available
at www.freebsd.org  

If you're wondering whether or not FreeBSD is freely available and
can be installed in a commerical environment then the short answer would
be yes. However, I encourage you to read the licensing clauses
available on www.freebsd.org, specifically here:
http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html

This wiki gives a decent overview of the differences:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_licence


Henrik
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