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