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.orgReceived on Wed Nov 22 2006 - 19:37:38 UTC
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