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two. Taken from /src/COPYRIGHT and from Nik's excellent slides from his Leeds talk in 2001.
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<!-- $FreeBSD$ -->
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<foilgroup id="freebsd-linux">
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<title>Differences from Linux</title>
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<foil id="freebsd-linux-bsdl"><title>FreeBSD Licensing Model</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>FreeBSD distributed under "2 clause" BSD license</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
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without modification, are permitted provided that the following
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conditions are met:</para>
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<para>1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above
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copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
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disclaimer.</para>
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<para>2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
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copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
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disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
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with the distribution.</para>
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</foil>
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<foil id="freebsd-linux-bsdl-explained"><title>FreeBSD Licensing Model</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>Don't claim that you wrote the code</listitem>
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<listitem>Don't blame us if the code doesn't work</listitem>
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<listitem>Apart from that, do anything you want with the code</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</foil>
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<foil id="freebsd-linux-gpl-explained"><title>The GPL and BSD Licenses</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>The GPL mandates that source code be disclosed</listitem>
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<listitem>The BSD License allows source code changes to be kept
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secret</listitem>
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<listitem>GPL is often categorised as "Copyleft", as distinct
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from "Copyright"</listitem>
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<listitem>If you like that nomenclature, you may think of the
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BSD License is "Copycentre". We actively encourage third
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parties to use the source code.</listitem>
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<listitem>Donating changes back is purely at the discretion of
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the party making the changes.</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</foil>
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</foilgroup>
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