Libranet - Free Trial

[Tom Buskey]

>>>Does Libranet contain proprietary software?  It sounds like it is just
>>> Debian with a particular mix of their development branches.  If so,
>>> the software is all GPL- or OSS-licenced, and can be copied freely.
>>
>>
>> Not necessarily.  OpenBSD can be copied freely but the CD layout is
>> copyrighted by Theo to encourage people to buy the CDs and support the
>> OpenBSD project.  It's easy enough to burn your own by downloading
>> everything though.
>
> The GPL just says that if you supply the binary that you must make the

OpenBSD doesn't have much GPL in it.  It's as much BSD licensed as
possible.  If there was a BSD licenced C compiler that was comparable
(robust, reliable, audited) to gcc, I'm sure they'd switch to it as they
have with other applications.

> source available for free.. You can charge all you want for compiled
> binaries.. I don't even think you really have to make the binaries
> available for free.. Just the source, and techically only to people that
>  have the binaries.

If it's GPL'd.  Other OSS licenses have different rules.  BSD just
essentially says: preserve our copyright notices & provide them in any/all
documentation you provide.  This clause it what essentially settled the
BSDi vs AT&T System V (who ever owned it then AT&T? USL?) lawsuit.  Lots
of BSD code got put into AT&T w/ removed copyright notices so they
settled.

> this is going to turn into a huge GPL debate now.. I just know it...
> *sigh*

Yep...