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From: Tim Harder <radhermit@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New License: FreeBSD License
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:30:04
Message-Id: 20120329012816.GA1021@freyja
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New License: FreeBSD License by Richard Yao
1 On 2012-03-28 Wed 17:31, Richard Yao wrote:
2 > > Gentoo/FreeBSD is currently using the BSD license, but it seems that
3 > > this is not the license used by the BSD project:
4 > > http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html
5 > > In particular, the FreeBSD license removes the third clause and appends
6 > > "The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation
7 > > are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing
8 > > official policies, either expressed or implied, of the FreeBSD Project."
9 > > For comparison, here is a link to the BSD license in portage:
10 > > http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/licenses/BSD?view=markup
11 > > Does anyone have any objections to committing the FreeBSD license to
12 > > portage?
13
14 > As a small correction, I meant to say the FreeBSD project, not the BSD
15 > project.
16
17 Isn't this just a slightly modified version of the BSD-2 license in the
18 tree?
19
20 Tim

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New License: FreeBSD License Richard Yao <ryao@×××××××××××××.edu>