FreeBSD License

[kmself at ix.netcom.com]

on Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 10:34:13AM -0800, David Johnson (david at usermode.org) wrote:
> On Saturday 25 November 2000 04:30 am, Jens Müller wrote:
> > Does anyone know under what license the CD set is?
> >
> > The website says if one wants to sell them, he should buy the originals.
> > Is it prohibited to copy and sell them, i.e. are they not OS?
> 
> The ISOs might be under a specific license, but the CDs themselves are not, 
> unlike the typical Linux CD. 

...though OpenBSD (not FreeBSD) specifically does put a non-free
copyright on its ISOs -- CD sales revenues are a significant funding
source for the project. 

    http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq3.html

    3.1.2 - Does OpenBSD provide an ISO image available for download?
    You can't.  The official OpenBSD CD-ROM layout is copyright Theo de
    Raadt, as an incentive for people to buy the CD set.  Note that only
    the layout is copyrighted, OpenBSD itself is free.  Nothing
    precludes someone else to just grab OpenBSD and make their own CD. 

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