Subject: Re: netbsd coypright status?
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@solon.com>
From: J.T. Conklin <jconklin@netcom.com>
List: current-users
Date: 02/08/1996 22:20:22
> I heard a rumor, ages ago, that the regents released the 4.4 code into
> the public domain. Is this true?
As far as I know, the 4.4BSD code is not public domain.
> In either case, what's the copyright status of the NetBSD source?
> I'm considering putting together a reliable standard C library, and
> would like to do as little work as possible. (Applications would
> include making ScumOS usable.) I'd like to be able to release it as
> copyleft code, free for commercial or personal use. Obviously, if I
> can get the Berkeley implementations for the majority of the code,
> I'll win big. -s
Since the BSD licence allows you to redistribute the code so you could
create such a library. However, if you want something copylefted, why
don't you just use glibc instead.
--jtc