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> The FreeBSD Project aims to produce a complete, > BSD-licensed operating system allowing consumers of the > system to produce derivative products wit
by teamhappy 9y ago
> The FreeBSD Project aims to produce a complete,
> BSD-licensed operating system allowing consumers of the
> system to produce derivative products without constraint
> or further license obligations.
https://www.freebsd.org/internal/software-license.html https://www.freebsd.org/internal/software-license.html
Also https://www.openbsd.org/goals.html https://www.openbsd.org/goals.html and https://www.netbsd.org/about/redistribution.html#why-berkeley https://www.netbsd.org/about/redistribution.html#why-berkele...
- gribbly 9y agoOk, so it's license philosophy rather than any actual license legality problematics, I can understand that.
- michaelmrose 9y agoIf someone wanted to produce a FreeBSD derivative would they really need to be able to ship a modified version of git?
- xyzzy_plugh 9y agoProbably not, but then it wouldn't be "Free".
- loeg 9y agoSuffice to say, FreeBSD's current stance on licensing is that new GPL2 software in base is unacceptable, and the goal is to get to no GPL2 software in base.