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 or software houses.  Material may be included where the copyright owner has  or software houses.  Material may be included where the copyright owner has
 granted general permission for reuse without conditions, with terms similar  granted general permission for reuse without conditions, with terms similar
 to the Berkeley copyright, or where the material is the product of an  to the Berkeley copyright, or where the material is the product of an
 employee and the employer's copyright notice is effectively releases any  employee and the employer's copyright notice effectively releases any
 rights they might have to the work.  rights they might have to the work.
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 <dt>Carnegie-Mellon (CMU, Mach)<dd><p>  <dt>Carnegie-Mellon (CMU, Mach)<dd><p>
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 condition that is typically unacceptable for commercial use of software.  condition that is typically unacceptable for commercial use of software.
 As a consequence, software bound by the GPL terms can not be included in  As a consequence, software bound by the GPL terms can not be included in
 the kernel or "runtime" of OpenBSD, though software subject to GPL terms  the kernel or "runtime" of OpenBSD, though software subject to GPL terms
 may be included as development tools or as part of the system at are  may be included as development tools or as part of the system that are
 "optional" as long as such use does not result in OpenBSD as a whole  "optional" as long as such use does not result in OpenBSD as a whole
 becoming subject to the GPL terms.  becoming subject to the GPL terms.
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 As an example, some ports include GNU Floating Point Emulation - this is  As an example, some ports include GNU Floating Point Emulation - this is
 optional and the system can be built without it or with an alternative  optional and the system can be built without it or with an alternative
 emulation package.  Another example is the use GCC and other GNU tools in  emulation package.  Another example is the use of GCC and other GNU tools in
 the OpenBSD tool chain - it is quite possible to distribute a system for  the OpenBSD tool chain - it is quite possible to distribute a system for
 many applications without a tool chain, or the distributor can choose to  many applications without a tool chain, or the distributor can choose to
 include a tool chain as optional bundle which conforms to the GPL terms.  include a tool chain as an optional bundle which conforms to the GPL terms.
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 <dt>NetBSD<dd><p>  <dt>NetBSD<dd><p>
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 Most of Linux is subject to GPL style licensing terms and therefore  Most of Linux is subject to GPL style licensing terms and therefore
 can not be included in OpenBSD.  Individual components may be eligible,  can not be included in OpenBSD.  Individual components may be eligible,
 subject to the terms of the originator's copyright notices.  Note that  subject to the terms of the originator's copyright notices.  Note that
 Linux "distributions" may also be subject additional copyright claims  Linux "distributions" may also be subject to additional copyright claims
 of the distributing organization, either as a compilation or on material  of the distributing organization, either as a compilation or on material
 included that is not part of the Linux core.  included that is not part of the Linux core.
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 <dt>X, XFree86<dd><p>  <dt>X, XFree86<dd><p>
 X and XFree86 are not parts of OpenBSD, rather X or Xfree86 is distributed  X and XFree86 are not parts of OpenBSD, rather X or XFree86 is distributed
 with many OpenBSD ports as a convenience to the user, subject to applicable  with many OpenBSD ports as a convenience to the user, subject to applicable
 license terms.  license terms.
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