Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:35:29 GMT From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org> Subject: PERFORCE change 148457 for review Message-ID: <200808252135.m7PLZTxw011948@repoman.freebsd.org>
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http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=148457 Change 148457 by rwatson@rwatson_fledge on 2008/08/25 21:34:53 Update legal page to make it a bit more clear, and include the BSD license inline. Affected files ... .. //depot/projects/trustedbsd/www/legal.page#5 edit Differences ... ==== //depot/projects/trustedbsd/www/legal.page#5 (text+ko) ==== @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ <cvs:keywords xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS" version="1.0"> <cvs:keyword name="freebsd"> - $P4: //depot/projects/trustedbsd/www/legal.page#4 $ + $P4: //depot/projects/trustedbsd/www/legal.page#5 $ </cvs:keyword> </cvs:keywords> @@ -45,23 +45,56 @@ <title>Legal Information</title> <html> - <p>TrustedBSD extensions are intended for use with the FreeBSD - operating system, a liberally licensed free operating system based - on the Berkeley UNIX variant, BSD. The extensions are released under - a <a href="license.txt">two-clause BSD license</a>, copyright held - by the authors of the component in question. This license permits - both commercial and non-commercial use of the code, providing that - the copyright is observed and documented, and that the authors may - not be held liable for damages associated with use of the code.</p> + <p>The TrustedBSD extensions are intended for use with the open source + FreeBSD operating systems, as well as related open and closed source + operating systems such as Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux. + Almost all TrustedBSD code is under a two-clause Berkeley or + substantially similar open source license:</p> + + <ul><pre> +Copyright (c) [year] [name] +All rights reserved. + +This software was developed by the TrustedBSD Project. + +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +are met: +1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +SUCH DAMAGE. +</pre></ul> + + <p>This license is intended to encourage commercial, research, and + personal use of this software without limitation, providing that + the copyright notice is observed and documented, and that authors + and contributors are not held liable for any damages that may result + from use of the code. With the exception of a small amount of GPL + code associated with <a href="sebsd.html">SEBSD</a>, all TrustedBSD + code may be incorporated into close source products without fee. + Please make sure to observe all licenses included with distributed + source code.</p> - <p>Generally speaking, this places few (if any) restrictions on any - real-world use, and legally consumers of the code are under no - obligation to provide compensation to the authors. However, machinery - is in place to accept donations to the TrustedBSD project to allow - further development, if anyone is interested. If you are interested - in this opportunity, please email <a - href="mailto:trustedbsd-finances@TrustedBSD.org">trustedbsd-finances@TrustedBSD.org</a> - for more information.</p> + <p>Organizations and individuals who extend TrustedBSD are encouraged + to contribute bug reports, bug fixes, functional enhancements, and + documentation to the project under similar licenses. While not + obligatory, financial contributions via the <a + href="http://www.FreeBSDFoundation.org/">FreeBSD Foundation</a> are + most welcome, and support developer travel, test hardware, etc.</p> <p>The copyright on the BSD Daemon is held by Kirk McKusick; the copyright for the TrustedBSD Daemon, Trusty, is held by Leigh
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