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 <h1>OpenBSD Copyright Policy</h1>  <h1><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD Copyright Policy</font></h1>
 <p>  <p>
 Copyright law is complex, OpenBSD policy is simple - OpenBSD strives to  Copyright law is complex, OpenBSD policy is simple - OpenBSD strives to
 maintain the spirit of the original Berkeley unix copyrights.  maintain the spirit of the original Berkeley unix copyrights.
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 cooperation of the people involved.  cooperation of the people involved.
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 <h3>The Berkeley Copyright</h3>  <h3><font color=#0000e0>The Berkeley Copyright</font></h3>
 The Berkeley copyright poses no restrictions on private or commercial  The Berkeley copyright poses no restrictions on private or commercial
 use of the software and imposes only simple and uniform requirements  use of the software and imposes only simple and uniform requirements
 for maintaining copyright notices in redistributed versions and  for maintaining copyright notices in redistributed versions and
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 i.e. OpenBSD as a whole is freely redistributable, but some optional  i.e. OpenBSD as a whole is freely redistributable, but some optional
 components may not be.  components may not be.
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 <h3>Copyright Law</h3>  <h3><font color=#0000e0>Copyright Law</font></h3>
 <p>  <p>
 While the overall subject of copyright law is far beyond the scope of  While the overall subject of copyright law is far beyond the scope of
 this document, some basics are in order.  Under the current copyright law,  this document, some basics are in order.  Under the current copyright law,
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 disclaimers that state the position of the copyright holder/distributor  disclaimers that state the position of the copyright holder/distributor
 with respect to liability surrounding use of the material.  with respect to liability surrounding use of the material.
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 <h3>Permissions - the flip side</h3>  <h3><font color=#0000e0>Permissions - the flip side</font></h3>
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 Because copyrights arise from the creation of a work, rather than through  Because copyrights arise from the creation of a work, rather than through
 a registration process, there needs to be a practical way to extend  a registration process, there needs to be a practical way to extend
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 already granted for the use of the work as distributed, though he may impose  already granted for the use of the work as distributed, though he may impose
 more restrictive permissions in his future distributions of that work.  more restrictive permissions in his future distributions of that work.
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 <h3>Specific Cases</h3>  <h3><font color=#0000e0>Specific Cases</font></h3>
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 This section attempts to summarize the position of OpenBSD relative to  This section attempts to summarize the position of OpenBSD relative to
 some commonly encountered copyrights.  some commonly encountered copyrights.
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