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 <h1><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD Copyright Policy</font></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.
 </p>  </p>
 <p>  <p>
 OpenBSD can exist as it does today because of the example set by the  OpenBSD can exist as it does today because of the example set by the
 Computer Systems Research Group at Berkeley and the battles which they  Computer Systems Research Group at Berkeley and the battles which they
 and others fought to create a relatively un-encumbered unix source  and others fought to create a relatively un-encumbered Unix source
 distribution.  distribution.
 </p>  </p>
 <p>  <p>
 The ability of a <strong>freely redistributable</strong> "Berkeley" unix  The ability of a <strong>freely redistributable</strong> "Berkeley" Unix
 to move forward on a competitive basis with other operating systems depends  to move forward on a competitive basis with other operating systems depends
 on the willingness of the various development groups to exchange code amongst  on the willingness of the various development groups to exchange code amongst
 themselves and with other projects.  themselves and with other projects.
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 included in OpenBSD.  included in OpenBSD.
 </p>  </p>
 <dt>AT&amp;T<dd><p>  <dt>AT&amp;T<dd><p>
 While AT&amp;T holds the copyrights to much "unix" code and documentation,  While AT&amp;T holds the copyrights to much "Unix" code and documentation,
 OpenBSD is based largely on Berkeley (BSD) distributions that contain only  OpenBSD is based largely on Berkeley (BSD) distributions that contain only
 material known to be free of AT&amp;T copyrights, or material to which  material known to be free of AT&amp;T copyrights, or material to which
 AT&amp;T has abandoned its copyright or included licensing terms similar  AT&amp;T has abandoned its copyright or included licensing terms similar
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 are still subject to AT&amp;T copyrights, which prevents the general  are still subject to AT&amp;T copyrights, which prevents the general
 distribution of Mach sources.  distribution of Mach sources.
 </p>  </p>
   <dt>Apache<dd><p>
   The Apache copyright is similar to the Berkeley copyright, except
   that it stipulates that products derived from the code may not
   have "Apache" in their name.  The purpose of this clause is to
   avoid a situation in which another party releases a modified version
   of the code named in such a way to make users think that it is the
   "official" version.  This is not an issue with OpenBSD because
   OpenBSD is a <strong>Compilation</strong>, and not a
   <strong>Derived Work</strong>.
   </p>
 <dt>GNU General Public License, GPL, LGPL, copyleft, etc.<dd><p>  <dt>GNU General Public License, GPL, LGPL, copyleft, etc.<dd><p>
 The GNU Public License and licenses modeled on it impose the restriction  The GNU Public License and licenses modeled on it impose the restriction
 that source code must be distributed or made available for all works that  that source code must be distributed or made available for all works that
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 license can generally be included in OpenBSD.  license can generally be included in OpenBSD.
 </p>  </p>
 <p>  <p>
 The current NetBSD distribution also includes material copyrighted by  In the past, NetBSD has included material copyrighted by individuals
 individuals who have imposed license conditions beyond that of the  who have imposed license conditions beyond that of the general
 general NetBSD license, but granted the NetBSD Foundation license to  NetBSD license, but granted the NetBSD Foundation license to
 distribute the material.  Such material can not be included in OpenBSD  distribute the material.  Such material can not be included in
 as long as the conditions imposed are at odds with the OpenBSD license  OpenBSD as long as the conditions imposed are at odds with the
 terms or releases from those terms are offered on a discriminatory basis.  OpenBSD license terms or releases from those terms are offered on
   a discriminatory basis.
 </p>  </p>
 <dt>FreeBSD<dd><p>  <dt>FreeBSD<dd><p>
 Most of FreeBSD is also based on Berkeley licensed material or includes  Most of FreeBSD is also based on Berkeley licensed material or includes
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