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Re:FreeBSD at 30 years: Its secrets to success by Zambyte on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:15PM (#36604654)
> They literally can be used in closed source software without a word of credit.

This is not true of any of the "acceptable licenses" listed by FreeBSD.

https://www.freebsd.org/internal/software-license/

See: the clauses saying "must reproduce/retain the above copyright".

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Re:FreeBSD at 30 years: Its secrets to success by pseudonym0us on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:39PM (#36605977)
>See: the clauses saying "must reproduce/retain the above copyright".

Yeah, you will see the copyright if you are working at the company. Outsiders would never know it's a fork.

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Re:FreeBSD at 30 years: Its secrets to success by Zambyte on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @05:05PM (#36607110)
Read the licenses more closely.
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Re:FreeBSD at 30 years: Its secrets to success by pseudonym0us on Thursday July 06, 2023 @05:46AM (#36613530)
Work in a project with BSD-licensed stuff.
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Re:FreeBSD at 30 years: Its secrets to success by Zambyte on Thursday July 06, 2023 @07:55AM (#36614469)
If you're fine with violating the license, then there is nothing stopping you from closing the source to GPL licensed software without a word of credit. I'm not sure what your point is.
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Re:FreeBSD at 30 years: Its secrets to success by pseudonym0us on Thursday July 06, 2023 @04:15PM (#36622162)
No need to violate the license, just close the source and no outsider would know it's a fork.
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Re:FreeBSD at 30 years: Its secrets to success by Zambyte on Friday July 07, 2023 @10:43AM (#36632480)
See clause 2 of both BSD licenses.
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