Re: KDTRACE is gone?

From: Wilko Bulte <wb_at_freebie.xs4all.nl>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:35:57 +0100
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:24:00PM -0800, freebsd_at_bitfreak.org wrote..
> John Birrell wrote:
> >On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 09:09:21PM -0800, Cai, Quanqing wrote:
> >>Today when I tried to compile my customized kernel, I run "config"
> >>command and got this: unknown option "KDTRACE".
> >>
> >>Who can tell me what's going on?
> >
> >The KDTRACE option can't work the way I intended it to because
> >of licensing restrictions.
> 
> Which restrictions do you see preventing the distribution of a
> DTRACE-enabled GENERIC kernel binary?  I would refer you to sections
> 3.1, 3.4 and 3.5 of the license[1], which state:
> 
> - the CDDL is mandatory on the source code distribution;
> - the original copyright notice for the original work must be displayed;
> - binary distributions of CDDL-licensed software may be relicensed;
> 
> The requirement for the last is that the new license not conflict with
> the CDDL.  The CDDL doesn't otherwise restrict use, modification or
> distribution and includes the ability to sublicense the original code as
> well as and derived works.
> 
> Someone please point out the conflict.  I don't see one.

The project's policy is to ship default kernels only with components
that are BSD-licensed.  The CDDL is not the BSD license, there are
things in there like patent clauses etc.  

-- 
Wilko Bulte				wilko_at_FreeBSD.org
Received on Wed Nov 22 2006 - 19:37:38 UTC

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