Subj : *nix Licenses
To   : paul lee
From : Kai Richter
Date : Sat Jan 09 2021 22:54:42

Hello paul!

08 Jan 21, paul lee wrote to Kai Richter:

 pl> using FreeBSD and the open source (no license)

Two open points on the checklist. BSD is sometimes different than Linux. You should dig deeper what the real requirement for *nix OS is and if FreeBSD can fulfill it.

Open Source without licence means there is no written contract and the common consequence is that standard local law will apply. In some countries law there does not exist a software definition for "open source" or "public domain".

To be honest i have no idea if there is a github "default" license that applies to software without own licence automatically. If your plan is to go international then you should re-think about useing a known or creating an own licence.

 pl> I can just give customers the hardware and make them 'get' their own
 pl> software...

This would keep your business out of the line of licence fire.

Regards

Kai

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