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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. +maintain the spirit of the original Berkeley Unix copyrights.

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 -and others fought to create a relatively un-encumbered unix source +and others fought to create a relatively un-encumbered Unix source distribution.

-The ability of a freely redistributable "Berkeley" unix +The ability of a freely redistributable "Berkeley" Unix to move forward on a competitive basis with other operating systems depends on the willingness of the various development groups to exchange code amongst themselves and with other projects. @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ included in OpenBSD.

AT&T

-While AT&T holds the copyrights to much "unix" code and documentation, +While AT&T holds the copyrights to much "Unix" code and documentation, OpenBSD is based largely on Berkeley (BSD) distributions that contain only material known to be free of AT&T copyrights, or material to which AT&T has abandoned its copyright or included licensing terms similar @@ -176,6 +176,16 @@ are still subject to AT&T copyrights, which prevents the general distribution of Mach sources.

+
Apache

+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 Compilation, and not a +Derived Work. +

GNU General Public License, GPL, LGPL, copyleft, etc.

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 @@ -207,12 +217,13 @@ license can generally be included in OpenBSD.

-The current NetBSD distribution also includes material copyrighted by -individuals who have imposed license conditions beyond that of the -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 discriminatory basis. +In the past, NetBSD has included material copyrighted by individuals +who have imposed license conditions beyond that of the 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 discriminatory basis.

FreeBSD

Most of FreeBSD is also based on Berkeley licensed material or includes @@ -255,7 +266,7 @@


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