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The FreeBSD Documentation License is the license that covers most of the documentation for the FreeBSD
operating system An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also i ...
.


License

The license is very similar to the 2-clause
Simplified BSD License BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software. This is in contrast to copyleft licenses, which have share-alike requirements. The original BSD li ...
used by the support of FreeBSD, however, it makes the applications of "source code" and "compile" less obscure in the context of documentation. It also includes an obligatory disclaimer about
IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operat ...
and
Open Group The Open Group is a global consortium that seeks to "enable the achievement of business objectives" by developing "open, vendor-neutral technology standards and certifications." It has over 840 member organizations and provides a number of servi ...
manuscript in some old-fashioned sheets. 

The FreeBSD Documentation License

Copyright 1994-2015 The FreeBSD Project. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source (SGML DocBook) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, HTML, PDF, PostScript, 
RTF and so forth) with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are 
met:

    1. Redistributions of source code (SGML DocBook) must retain the above copyright notice, this list of 
       conditions and the following disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.

    2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, converted to PDF, PostScript, RTF 
       and other formats) 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.

THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE FREEBSD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT "AS IS" 
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL 
THE FREEBSD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, 
EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR 
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS 
DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Manual Pages

Manual Pages

Some FreeBSD manual pages contain text from the IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition, Standard for 
Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX®) specification. These manual 
pages are subject to the following terms:

    The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and The Open Group, have given us 
    permission to reprint portions of their documentation.

    In the following statement, the phrase ``this text'' refers to portions of the system 
    documentation.

    Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form in the FreeBSD manual 
    pages, from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- 
    Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 
    6, Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and 
    The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between these versions and the original 
    IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the 
    referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at 
    http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html.

    This notice shall appear on any product containing this material.


Reception

The
Free Software Foundation The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft (" ...
classes this as a free documentation license, stating that "''This is a permissive non-copyleft free documentation license that is compatible with the GNU FDL.''"


Derivatives

Based on the FreeBSD Documentation License, the BSD Documentation License was created to contain terms more generic to most projects as well as reintroducing the 3rd clause that restricts the use of documentation for endorsement purposes (as shown in the
New BSD License BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software. This is in contrast to copyleft licenses, which have share-alike requirements. The original BSD li ...
).


See also

*
BSD license BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software. This is in contrast to copyleft licenses, which have share-alike requirements. The original BSD lice ...
* GNU Free Documentation License


References


External links


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