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<sect><heading>FreeBSD Project goals<label id="goals"></heading>
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<p><em>Contributed by &a.jkh;</em>.
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1996-07-15 19:31:47 +00:00
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<p>The goals of the FreeBSD Project are to provide software that may
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be used for any purpose and without strings attached. Many of us
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have a significant investment in the code (and project) and would
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certainly not mind a little financial renumeration now and then,
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but we're definitely not prepared to insist on it. We believe
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that our first and foremost "mission" is to provide code to any
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and all comers, and for whatever purpose, so that the code gets
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the widest possible use and provides the widest possible benefit.
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This is, I believe, one of the most fundamental goals of Free
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Software and one that we enthusiastically support.
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1995-12-07 13:22:18 +00:00
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1996-07-15 19:31:47 +00:00
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<p>That code in our source tree which falls under the GNU Public License
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(GPL) or GNU Library Public License (GLPL) comes with slightly more
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strings attached, though at least on the side of enforced
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access rather than the usual opposite. Due to the additional
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complexities that can evolve in the commercial use of GPL software,
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we do, however, endeavor to replace such software with submissions
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under the more relaxed BSD copyright whenever possible.
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