ASL 2.0 based software contribution to FreeBSD code base

[David Schultz]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009, Saifi Khan wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, David Schultz wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009, Saifi Khan wrote:
> > > Is there anything specified in the FreeBSD project, that would
> > > prohibit ASL 2.0 licensed device drivers from being used in 
> > > the OS ?
> > 
> > No, but core@ would have to approve it. I presume their decision
> > would take into consideration technical justification, terms of
> > the license, and how the proposed code interacts with other
> > components in the base system.
> > 
> 
> Great ! Thats very encouraging. Thanks Dave.
> 
> System code (drivers included) released under standard ASL 2.0
> license should work.

Be careful not to read too much into what I wrote. I deliberately
didn't say anything about the likelihood of such code being
accepted because I'm not on core@ and I don't represent them.
I merely reiterated to you the pertinent part of the Project's
license policy.