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From: Richard Yao <ryao@×××××××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New License: FreeBSD License
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:34:20
Message-Id: 4F73AD4A.5060003@cs.stonybrook.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] New License: FreeBSD License by Richard Yao
1 On 03/28/12 20:27, 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 >
5 > http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html
6 >
7 > In particular, the FreeBSD license removes the third clause and appends
8 > "The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation
9 > are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing
10 > official policies, either expressed or implied, of the FreeBSD Project."
11 >
12 > For comparison, here is a link to the BSD license in portage:
13 >
14 > http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/licenses/BSD?view=markup
15 >
16 > Does anyone have any objections to committing the FreeBSD license to
17 > portage?
18 >
19
20 As a small correction, I meant to say the FreeBSD project, not the BSD
21 project.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New License: FreeBSD License Tim Harder <radhermit@g.o>