Hi,
I would like to make a commercial operating system derived from FreeBSD. What would be the best way to handle licensing? I was thinking the following would be sufficient (just a quick example below):
I think this is what Apple does although I haven't read through all their license material. I can't leave everything licensed under the BSD license otherwise end users could just give copies to their friends for free.
Thanks for any help.
I would like to make a commercial operating system derived from FreeBSD. What would be the best way to handle licensing? I was thinking the following would be sufficient (just a quick example below):
Code:
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(c)2010 My Company
MY OS contains proprietary software, images, and other data. No re-distribution, hacking, etc...
MY OS also contains code derived from the FreeBSD project which is covered by the following license:
(INSERT BSD LICENSE HERE)
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I think this is what Apple does although I haven't read through all their license material. I can't leave everything licensed under the BSD license otherwise end users could just give copies to their friends for free.
Thanks for any help.