We actually encourage this sort of behaviour :) There are lots of little command line bin apps in the Pref Team that can benefit from this. Cheers Sikosis OBOS Pref Team Leader http://obos.gravity24hr.com/ http://openbeos.org/ Quoting Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > "Jan-Rixt Van Hoye" <janvanhoye@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've a little question to all of you openbeos people. I'm now busy > > with > > the development of some applications. Many people/developers say > > that you may not reinvent the wheel, so I could use code from FreeBSD > > or OpenBSD (for usr.bin applications)and adapt it for OpenBeOs. > > Now is my question: May I use code from FreeBSD or OpenBSD or do I > > have to make everything from scratch? > > As long as the original license is retained, you may use code from one > of the BSDs or even from GNU, depending on what you do. > > Bye, > Axel. > >