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as defined by national and international copyright law. The "copyright

notices" usually included in source files are not copyrights, but rather

notices that a party asserts that they hold copyright to the material or

to part of the material. Typically these notices are associcated with

to part of the material. Typically these notices are associated with

license terms which grant permissions subject to copyright law and with

disclaimers that state the position of the copyright holder/distributor

with respect to liability surrounding use of the material.

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terms and conditions in conflict with the original terms and conditions

does not supercede them, rather it casts doubts on the rights of the person

making the amendments to use the material and creates confusion as to

whether anyone can use amended version or derivitives thereof.

whether anyone can use amended version or derivatives thereof.

Finally, releases are generally binding on the material that they

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<dt>NetBSD<dd>

Much of OpenBSD is orignally based on and evolveed from NetBSD, since some

Much of OpenBSD is originally based on and evolved from NetBSD, since some

of the OpenBSD developers were involved in the NetBSD project. The general

NetBSD license terms are compatible with the Berkeley license and permit

such use. Material subject only to the general NetBSD

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general NetBSD license, but granted the NetBSD Foundation license to

distribute the material. Such material can not be included in OpenBSD

as long as the conditions imposed are at odds with the OpenBSD license

terms or releases from those terms are offered on a disciminatory basis.

terms or releases from those terms are offered on a discriminatory basis.

<dt>FreeBSD<dd>

Most of FreeBSD is also based on Berkeley licensed material or includes