> Well, they are required to include the copyright notice and BSD license
> with the code, so they can't really pass it off as their own, and they
> aren't likely to be able to sell it given that it can be downloaded freely
> elsewhere (unless, of course, they make value-added contributions, which
> presumably would only be paid for if deemed worth the cost).

Apple seems to be doing OK with OS X.  I don't recall what flavor of
BSD kernel is at its base, but OS X is BSD with an Apple front end and
very few Gnu utilities.

On Feb 8, 9:41 am, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well BSD isn't what you want for your goals. BSD allows anyone to download
> > and sell your code as if it was their own.
>
> Well, they are required to include the copyright notice and BSD license
> with the code, so they can't really pass it off as their own, and they
> aren't likely to be able to sell it given that it can be downloaded freely
> elsewhere (unless, of course, they make value-added contributions, which
> presumably would only be paid for if deemed worth the cost).
>
> Anthony

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