Extended FreeBSD licens

Ivan Voras ivoras at freebsd.org
Wed Nov 14 04:32:48 PST 2007


Rico Secada wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Would it be possible for someone to add some conditions to the FreeBSD
> licens and then call it his extended FreeBSD licens?
> 
> I mean would that be legally binding if he provided that licens with
> software he developed?

You can modify the license any way you want but you can't use FreeBSD's
name on it (but you can use a generic "BSD-like" phrase for it). It will
be as legally binding as any other similar open source license.



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