From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 30 13:22:29 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 279B8313 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:22:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maikodaraine@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ee0-f65.google.com (mail-ee0-f65.google.com [74.125.83.65]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B885971B for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:22:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ee0-f65.google.com with SMTP id e49so367807eek.8 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:22:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=nFprGtM74PTkeYVOixOMBY4uq1/ZE4dEUN/Ll29S1R4=; b=Wcg/EdpXeGKpv7qyx2CYmv2xU34VmIKotMmd83Bg4aHB+W6UOPmrPlSy5Yr3zwd6sa c6Uzo4xPL6tqJ5P6vmrccxFhqsqfqJuau0fRj4BNjTXcKkKRp/2Hc8fpFyzMcp4LkrIZ kI3OlYgCV149v6td1rDJuMItLs/htIgk4UCUZe19XuRYhgwuiWzV7DeFGefiwZmCLgOI xJsPShSgAYDwR7aw2iAqjDXUYDzyzmkJttepxwLOsg4sBs1w2M8NBcz+iBVAmgZOnly/ uor/1cZh16EAE2G8Is+faH3U90oQ9YsJnSILm5ij5tvaMXgdIReooyRJ+gh/9ZfORu7C UPlQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.14.111.72 with SMTP id v48mr18395841eeg.11.1364649742370; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:22:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.172.194 with HTTP; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:22:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:22:22 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: use of the kernel and licensing From: Maikoda Sutter To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 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, 30 Mar 2013 13:22:29 -0000 If I use the kernel as a basis for my own system and modify the kernel should I still maintain the licensing of the kernel bits, or could release it under it's own license? For example: I would like to rewrite the headers to be 100% POSIX compliant and I do like the BSD license, however I was planning on releasing my whole system under the Unlicense, I understand that certain headers and code that I do not modify has to be released under the BSD license as that is the original license of the code, however for headers or code that I modify can I release it under the Unlicense (http://unlicense.org/)? I do plan on giving credit where it is due and such to the wonderful developers of FreeBSD and those that wrote the original code because without you I would not be able to produce so rapidly that which I am looking to produce I just would like clarification on the extent that I would have to license things via the BSD license. Respectively Yours, Maikoda Raine Arrogant Penguin Industries