license/licensing

I want to know why the FreeBSD operating system is not under a copyleft license, because this allows to make the software non libre( free as freedom ), so this is not good at matter of ethics. ( Correct me if I write bad english, I'm not an advanced english speaker because I speak spanish ).

Let's say I'm about to develop some software. It's free and open source. However I'd like to make money on Windows/OSX users, eg. non open source OS users. In this scheme-of-things, those users should purchase a license. I would absolutely avoid splitting the software in variants, eg. OSS one...

Well, I noticed now and again that references to licensing and FreeBSD, GPL, OSI et al. rear their head from time to time. Whilst not pertaining directly FreeBSD license I found this "interesting" video from CERN. It regards their efforts to promote Free/Open Software. For those interested in...

Ok. So, what do you think about viral copyleft licenses, such as GPL or LGPL? My opinion is, that I don't like them. Currently I'd like it if all interesting software that is licensed with those licenses could be re-licensed or rewritten with a real free license, like BSD, MIT, zlib or WTFPL...

Hi All, I am seeking yet more enlightenment... When running make against some ports, a messgae flies past stating that the user has accepted the XYZ license. Is there a way to confirm what licenses are required for a port and all its dependancies, similar in operation to make...

Hello, I'm considering porting the FreeBSD Handbook to Debian Linux. My understanding is that the license of the Handbook allows it: "Redistribution and use in source [...] and 'compiled' forms [...] with or without modification, are permitted [...]" However I don't understand whether...

Hello, I have been reading an article about ZFS saying that GNU license is not compatible with the ZFS' one, contrary to FreeBSD's license. Could someone involved briefly explain the license differences enabling/disabling inclusion of ZFS? I am just curious. Thank you in advance, Lubos

One of the big things that draws me to FreeBSD is the GPLless goal/nature of it. I think there should be some sort of a GPLless mailing list to talk about what needs to be rewritten under a BSD license, and who is doing what. Right now, it seems there is no good place to talk with others about...

Dear All, Do anybody know, if somewhere is possible to search software under BSD license? Thanks much!

I want to create a MUD driven by a GUI with MySQL as the backend for location details, user information etc. Eventually with some scripting support so you can design your own "dungeons" and non player characters etc. If I do proceed with MySQL, I'm just concerned that I might not be able to...

Taken from the other forum , thx BSDfan666 :) http://www.pathscale.com/ekopath4-open-source-announcement

I'm very close to releasing a guide, including a package of scripts that are used in that guide, on how to install, backup and restore a ZFS based FreeBSD 8.2 system with reliability as a key emphasis. The original install is heavily based off of this article (FreeBSD wiki). My plan is to...

Hello, You all (or most of you) know that Enlightenment is going GPL'd :( It is being infected, to say in other words... Please sign in the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/ENLIGHTE/ Thank you. P.S. If I'm wrong, Please excuse and correct me

I am planing to release some codes, however temporarily I still can't release it. I have a few questions about the BSD licenses. Whether is correct the following syntax? I am not a native English speaker. If that sentence is not correct then tell me how to write it formally? Whether need I...

This is just ridiculous: Microsoft Patents Sudo?!!.

http://zfs.macosforge.org/ http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/10/23/2210246/Apple-Discontinues-ZFS-Project http://www.osnews.com/story/22388/Apple_Shuts_Down_Mac_OS_X_ZFS_Project http://www.macrumors.com/2009/09/01/lack-of-zfs-file-system-support-in-snow-leopard-due-to-licensing-issues/ Related...

Hello Guys, I was trying to install dansguardian from FreeBSD ports and I got the following error: dev# cd /usr/ports/www/dansguardian dev# make install clean ===> dansguardian-2.10.0.3 commercial source download is restricted. Please visit and read...

Hi to all, I am confused about the total perl licensing model such as the interpreter/compiler, the plugins and my actual code. As far as I read on the dev.perl.org site, it mentions two licenses: GPL and Artistic. Could I use the BSD license for my actual perl code? If yes, I must...

Interesting article: The Failure of the GPL There's a bit about Yahoo!/FreeBSD in there too.

Hi folks, Has any folk used Pentahol before? Is Pentahol free to use? I read; Pentaho BI Platform License FAQ Pentaho Commercial Open Source Business Intelligence - Pentaho BI Platform License FAQ On "Why is Pentaho using the General Public License (GPL) for the Pentaho BI...