SCO after BSD settlement

Christopher Weimann cweimann at k12hq.com
Mon Nov 24 12:17:26 PST 2003


On 11/23/2003-11:27AM, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
>     The BSD license no longer has this requirement, retroactively.  This
>     is indeed the requirement that 'hooked' AT&T in the USL lawsuit, but
>     it no longer exists.  If you look at /usr/src/COPYRIGHT you will see
>     this retroactive change at the end of the file.
> 

That revoked the ADVERTISING requirement which was clause 3.
Clause 1 and 2 still exist.

 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

 2. Redistributions in binary form 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.







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