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Directly answer the question "What is the goal of the FreeBSD Project?"

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and move the (slightly modified) comments over to the question
"Does the FreeBSD license have any restrictions?"

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@ -154,32 +154,11 @@
</question>
<answer>
<para>The goal of the &os; Project is to provide software that
may be used for any purpose and without strings attached.
Many of us have a significant investment in the code (and
project) and would certainly not mind a little financial
compensation now and then, but we definitely do not insist
on it. We believe that our first and foremost
<quote>mission</quote> is to provide code to any and all
comers, and for whatever purpose, so that the code gets the
widest possible use and provides the widest possible
benefit. This is, we believe, one of the most fundamental
goals of Free Software and one that we enthusiastically
support.</para>
<para>That code in our source tree which falls under the
<ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/COPYING">GNU General Public License (GPL)</ulink>
or <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/COPYING.LIB">GNU Library General Public License (LGPL)</ulink>
comes with slightly more strings attached, though at least
on the side of enforced access rather than the usual
opposite. Due to the additional complexities that can
evolve in the commercial use of GPL software, we do,
however, endeavor to replace such software with submissions
under the more relaxed <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html">&os; license</ulink>
whenever possible.</para>
<para>The goal of the &os; Project is to provide a
stable and fast general purpose
operating system that may
be used for any purpose
without strings attached.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -205,6 +184,34 @@
<para>Do not sue us if it breaks.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Many of us have a significant investment in the
project
and would certainly not mind a little financial
compensation now and then, but we definitely do not insist
on it. We believe that our first and foremost
<quote>mission</quote> is to provide code to any and all
comers, and for whatever purpose, so that the code gets
the
widest possible use and provides the widest possible
benefit. This, we believe, is one of the most
fundamental
goals of Free Software and one that we enthusiastically
support.</para>
<para>Code in our source tree which falls under the
<ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/COPYING">GNU General Public License (GPL)</ulink>
or <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/COPYING.LIB">GNU Library General Public License (LGPL)</ulink>
comes with slightly more strings attached, though at least
on the side of enforced access rather than the usual
opposite. Due to the additional complexities that can
evolve in the commercial use of GPL software, we do,
however, endeavor to replace such software with submissions
under the more relaxed <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html">&os; license</ulink>
whenever possible.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>