On Wed, Nov 22, 2006, John Birrell 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. Why isn't importing it as a non-default option acceptable? I believe a lot of users would be happy to include it in their custom kernels.Received on Thu Nov 23 2006 - 20:37:05 UTC
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