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Submitted by: Reviewed by: -doc Approved by: bmah Obtained from: MFC after: Clarify "what are goals" question. Since this is the closest thing FreeBSD has to a mission statement, it has been extensively reviewed on -doc and revised a few times before commit, so I'm making quite an extensive commit message. -only one goal is listed, so don't use plural "goals." That goal does have several sub-components, but it's one primary goal. -use URLs instead of file links, so people who are browsing docs locally can use the link. -add an extra question on BSD license here, since we're discussing it anyway. bmah said (paraphrased): he would have probably split it into a separate commit, but approved as submitted. Will do so in the future.
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="FreeBSD-goals">
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<para>What are the goals of FreeBSD?</para>
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<para>What is the goal of the FreeBSD Project?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>The goals of the FreeBSD Project are to provide software
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<para>The goal of the FreeBSD Project is to provide software
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that may be used for any purpose and without strings attached.
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Many of us have a significant investment in the code (and
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project) and would certainly not mind a little financial
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Software and one that we enthusiastically support.</para>
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<para>That code in our source tree which falls under the <ulink
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url="../../../../copyright/COPYING">GNU General Public
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/COPYING">GNU General Public
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License (GPL)</ulink> or <ulink
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url="../../../../copyright/COPYING.LIB">GNU Library
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/COPYING.LIB">GNU Library
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General Public License (LGPL)</ulink> comes with slightly more
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strings attached, though at least on the side of enforced access
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rather than the usual opposite. Due to the additional complexities
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that can evolve in the commercial use of GPL software, we do,
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however, endeavor to replace such software with submissions under
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the more relaxed <ulink
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url="../../../../copyright/freebsd-license.html">
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html">
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FreeBSD copyright</ulink> whenever possible.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="bsd-license-restrictions">
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<para>Does the FreeBSD license have any restrictions?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>Yes. Those restrictions do not control how you use
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the code, merely how you treat the FreeBSD Project itself.
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If you have serious license concerns, read the actual
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<ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html">
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license</ulink>. For the simply curious, the license can
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be summarized like this.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Don't claim that you wrote this.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Don't sue us if it breaks.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="why-called-FreeBSD">
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<para>Why is it called FreeBSD?</para>
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