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and rapidly established the concept of the software product, the
software company, and very high rates of return. Informatics
developed the perpetual license which is now standard throughout
the computer industry, wherein ownership is never transfered to
the computer industry, wherein ownership is never transferred to
the customer.</para>
</sect1>
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license</ulink> applied to FreeBSD within the last few years is
effectively a statement that you can do anything with the program
or its source, but you do not have any warranty and none of the
authors has any liability (basically, you can't sue anybody). This
authors has any liability (basically, you cannot sue anybody). This
new BSD license is intended to encourage product
commercialization. Any BSD code can be sold or included in
proprietary products without any restrictions on the availability
of your code or your future behavior.</para>
<para>Don't confuse the new BSD license with <quote>public
<para>Do not confuse the new BSD license with <quote>public
domain</quote>. While an item in the public domain is also free
for all to use, it has no owner.</para>
@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
<listitem><para>In many cases, the long-term results of a BSD
style license more accurately reflect the goals proclaimed in
the research charter of universites then what occurs when
the research charter of universities then what occurs when
results are copyrighted or patented and subject to proprietary
university licensing. Anecdotal evidence exists that
universities are financially better rewarded in the long run by
@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
words, the BSD license does not become a legal time-bomb at any
point in the development process.</para>
<para>In addition, since the BSD license doesn't come with the legal
<para>In addition, since the BSD license does not come with the legal
complexity of the GPL or LGPL licenses, it allows developers and
companies to spend their time creating and promoting good code
rather than worrying if that code violates licensing.</para>