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diff --git a/handbook/goals.sgml b/handbook/goals.sgml index 24ca6c8ffc..386c1c4989 100644 --- a/handbook/goals.sgml +++ b/handbook/goals.sgml @@ -1,9 +1,25 @@ -<!-- $Id: goals.sgml,v 1.1 1995-12-07 13:22:13 jkh Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: goals.sgml,v 1.1.2.1 1996-07-16 16:01:33 jkh Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect><heading>FreeBSD Project goals<label id="goals"></heading> <p><em>Contributed by &a.jkh;</em>. -<p><em>Note: This section is under construction.</em> +<p>The goals of the FreeBSD Project are 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 renumeration now and then, +but we're definitely not prepared to insist on it. We believe +that our first and foremost "mission" 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, I believe, one of the most fundamental goals of Free +Software and one that we enthusiastically support. +<p>That code in our source tree which falls under the GNU Public License +(GPL) or GNU Library Public License (GLPL) 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 BSD copyright whenever possible. |