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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/bsdl-gpl/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/bsdl-gpl/article.sgml index 7a1993f74e..469bfe09ea 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/bsdl-gpl/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/bsdl-gpl/article.sgml @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ and rapidly established the concept of the software product, the software company, and very high rates of return. Informatics developed the perpetual license which is now standard throughout - the computer industry, wherein ownership is never transfered to + the computer industry, wherein ownership is never transferred to the customer.</para> </sect1> @@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ license</ulink> applied to FreeBSD within the last few years is effectively a statement that you can do anything with the program or its source, but you do not have any warranty and none of the - authors has any liability (basically, you can't sue anybody). This + authors has any liability (basically, you cannot sue anybody). This new BSD license is intended to encourage product commercialization. Any BSD code can be sold or included in proprietary products without any restrictions on the availability of your code or your future behavior.</para> - <para>Don't confuse the new BSD license with <quote>public + <para>Do not confuse the new BSD license with <quote>public domain</quote>. While an item in the public domain is also free for all to use, it has no owner.</para> @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ <listitem><para>In many cases, the long-term results of a BSD style license more accurately reflect the goals proclaimed in - the research charter of universites then what occurs when + the research charter of universities then what occurs when results are copyrighted or patented and subject to proprietary university licensing. Anecdotal evidence exists that universities are financially better rewarded in the long run by @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ words, the BSD license does not become a legal time-bomb at any point in the development process.</para> - <para>In addition, since the BSD license doesn't come with the legal + <para>In addition, since the BSD license does not come with the legal complexity of the GPL or LGPL licenses, it allows developers and companies to spend their time creating and promoting good code rather than worrying if that code violates licensing.</para> |