On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:18:29PM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > 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. FreeBSD's policy is to ship a GENERIC kernel which is entirely BSD licensed. Kernel modules and other kernel options can include other licenses, but the options enabled in GENERIC must be BSD licensed. -- John BirrellReceived on Wed Nov 22 2006 - 20:46:13 UTC
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