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OpenBSD Copyright Policy

Copyright law is complex, OpenBSD policy is simple - OpenBSD strives to maintain the spirit of the original Berkeley unix copyrights. --- 14,20 ---- [OpenBSD] !

OpenBSD Copyright Policy

Copyright law is complex, OpenBSD policy is simple - OpenBSD strives to maintain the spirit of the original Berkeley unix copyrights. *************** *** 37,43 **** cooperation of the people involved.

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The Berkeley Copyright

The Berkeley copyright poses no restrictions on private or commercial use of the software and imposes only simple and uniform requirements for maintaining copyright notices in redistributed versions and --- 37,43 ---- cooperation of the people involved.

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The Berkeley Copyright

The Berkeley copyright poses no restrictions on private or commercial use of the software and imposes only simple and uniform requirements for maintaining copyright notices in redistributed versions and *************** *** 54,60 **** i.e. OpenBSD as a whole is freely redistributable, but some optional components may not be.

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Copyright Law

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, --- 54,60 ---- i.e. OpenBSD as a whole is freely redistributable, but some optional components may not be.

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Copyright Law

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, *************** *** 89,95 **** disclaimers that state the position of the copyright holder/distributor with respect to liability surrounding use of the material.

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Permissions - the flip side

Because copyrights arise from the creation of a work, rather than through a registration process, there needs to be a practical way to extend --- 89,95 ---- disclaimers that state the position of the copyright holder/distributor with respect to liability surrounding use of the material.

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Permissions - the flip side

Because copyrights arise from the creation of a work, rather than through a registration process, there needs to be a practical way to extend *************** *** 134,140 **** already granted for the use of the work as distributed, though he may impose more restrictive permissions in his future distributions of that work.

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Specific Cases

This section attempts to summarize the position of OpenBSD relative to some commonly encountered copyrights. --- 134,140 ---- already granted for the use of the work as distributed, though he may impose more restrictive permissions in his future distributions of that work.

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Specific Cases

This section attempts to summarize the position of OpenBSD relative to some commonly encountered copyrights. *************** *** 255,261 ****


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