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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:34930 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1737 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!cybaswan!iiitac From: iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes Message-ID: <1993Apr19.121607.16165@swan.pyr> Organization: Swansea University College References: <1qo0lq$1hm4@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1993Apr17.161516.2794@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1993Apr17.175431.25015@coe.montana.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 12:16:07 GMT Lines: 17 In article <1993Apr17.175431.25015@coe.montana.edu> nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >And then Linux and the GNU folks will take what 386BSD has done and >restrict it. Now, isn't that nice....... taking my work and restricting >it. I always thought that was awful kind of them. (NOT!) > All of the BSD derived code within the Linux utilities is still under the UCB license. If you are worried about your own work then include your own license that makes it free, requires whatever redistribution you want but does not place it in the public domain. A lot of people do this, and any code under that form of license you cannot just alter and 'Gnuify' as it would be a derivative work of your original. A lot of well known software is redistributed this way. The important thing is that you make it freely redistributable (barring your own restrictions) and _NOT_ public domain. Alan