Libranet - Free Trial

[Travis Roy]

Sorry to top post, but what I was pointing out was charging for things 
like Libranet or the newest SuSE, not so much with *BSD, I know the BSD 
license is different.

Tom Buskey wrote:

>>>>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...
> 
> 
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