Re: FreeBSD = Free Software?

Dylan Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does FreeBSD contain only free software? see FreeBSD contains software licensed under BSD-License, LGPL, GPL (which restricts redistribution without making the source code available), IP-FILTER (which does

Re: FreeBSD = Free Software?

Gábor Kövesdán wrote: >> if you really only want to use "Free Software", have fun with >> GNU-Hurd ;-) >> >> > Hurd is purely GPL-ed, while FreeBSD is mostly BSDL-ed. BSDL has almost > no restrictions, so I'd rather say FreeBSD is really free, not Hurd. i didn't mean to start a discussion abou

Re: FreeBSD = Free Software?

On Jul 26, 2006, at 1:32 PM, Dylan Rogers wrote: I only use free software. I was considering installing a BSD derivative on one of my machines. Does FreeBSD contain only free software? What do you consider "Free" software? gnu is considered by many to NOT be Free because of the virus l

Re: FreeBSD = Free Software?

albi wrote: On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:32:00 -0500 "Dylan Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I only use free software. I was considering installing a BSD derivative on one of my machines. Does FreeBSD contain only free software? read the GPL-license, read the BSD-license, draw your own

Re: FreeBSD = Free Software?

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:32:00 -0500 "Dylan Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I only use free software. I was considering installing a BSD > derivative on one of my machines. > > Does FreeBSD contain only free software? read the GPL-license, read the BSD-license, draw your own conclusions on w

Re: FreeBSD = Free Software?

Dylan Rogers wrote: I only use free software. I was considering installing a BSD derivative on one of my machines. Does FreeBSD contain only free software? Yes, the base system only contains BSDL-ed and GPL-ed code (afaik only these two). From ports you can use some commercial software as we

FreeBSD = Free Software?

I only use free software. I was considering installing a BSD derivative on one of my machines. Does FreeBSD contain only free software? -- Dylan Knight Rogers www.dylanknightrogers.com www.gnu.org www.debian.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org maili