incorrect statement on www page

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Thursday, 28 April 2005 at 17:23:22 +0100, Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 01:48:59AM +1000, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>> I came across the following incorrect statement when
>> browsing http://www.freebsd.org
>>
>> "FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full source code"
>>
>> Sadly I do not think this has been true for some time.
>
> I disagree; the wording isn't misleading. However, to address such concerns,
> it might be better worded as "comes with full source code, and also ships
> with some binary driver components".

A more accurate statement might be:

  "FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full source
  code.  In addition, many third-party drivers are available, some in
  source, others in binary-only format".

The important thing is that the FreeBSD project is not withholding
*any* source code.  The only binary-only components are from other
people who don't allow distribution of *their* source.

Greg
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