Can i sell FreeBsd operative system legally?

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youli95

hello, i like the freebsd project and i would to sell verbatim dvd copies of this operative system... My question is: is legally to sell dvd burned copies of FreeBsd operative system because i believe in FreeBsd project? Thank you in advance!
 
The BSD license (at least the 2-clause variant that's free from mindless cruft) is very similar to the unwritten rules of the good old 8bit homecomputer scene. It basically says: Do WTF you want with the code, but give credit. So, as long as you preserve any copyright notices, yes, you'll be fine. And I really think that makes sense. If you try to sell just vanilla FreeBSD for some excessive price, people will be smart enough not to pay it ?
 
zirias@ said:
The BSD license (at least the 2-clause variant that's free from mindless cruft) is very similar to the unwritten rules of the good old 8bit homecomputer scene
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While it's been some time since I played pirated^H^H^H^H^H^Hborrowed Atari game I don't recall "free" part of the licenses. Almost all games were proprietary.
Maybe Atari basic was free, quick google search suggests that. I personally knew nobody around me who'd have source code for that.
In my eyes all games were free as long as you had double-cassette deck and sometimes a tape to cover the write protect stuff. :)
 
What's unclear about a license that says you can do whatever you want with it as long as you leave the copyrights and the license the same?
 
_martin said:
While it's been some time since I played pirated^H^H^H^H^H^Hborrowed Atari game I don't recall "free" part of the licenses. Almost all games were proprietary.
Maybe Atari basic was free, quick google search suggests that. I personally knew nobody around me who'd have source code for that.
In my eyes all games were free as long as you had double-cassette deck and sometimes a tape to cover the write protect stuff. :)
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ZX Spectrum was good too :cool:
 
_martin said:
Maybe Atari basic was free, quick google search suggests that. I personally knew nobody around me who'd have source code for that.
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Free and open source are two different things. Software can be free to use but not open source at the same time. On the other hand you can have open source that's not entirely free to use. LAME comes to mind, it was free for personal use but you had to pay a license fee if you wanted to use it in a commercial setting.
 
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