For http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq3.html :

--- faq3.html.orig    2015-12-20 17:13:16.688175000 +0100
+++ faq3.html    2015-12-20 17:16:37.529726012 +0100
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 official OpenBSD CDs.  As an incentive for people to buy the CD set, some
 extras are included in the package as well (artwork, stickers etc).
 <p>
-Note that only the CD layout is copyrighted, OpenBSD itself is free.
+Note that only the CD layout is copyright-restricted, OpenBSD itself is
freely licensed.
 Nothing precludes someone else from downloading OpenBSD and making their
 own CD.


Rationale: It is a still surprisingly common misunderstanding that
permissively licensed software wasn't copyrighted. Regardless of license
choice (BSD, MIT, ISC, GPL, MS-EULA, etc.), software that is not in the
public domain remains protected by copyright. Thus the claim that *only*
the CD layout was copyrighted is factually incorrect. However, OpenBSD,
though copyrighted, is freely (or permissively) licensed -- and therefore
not substantially *restricted* by its copyright.

Alternatively, this belt-and-suspenders diff might be even clearer, albeit
wordier:

--- faq3.html.orig    2015-12-20 17:13:16.688175000 +0100
+++ faq3.html    2015-12-20 18:19:07.288248875 +0100
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@
 official OpenBSD CDs.  As an incentive for people to buy the CD set, some
 extras are included in the package as well (artwork, stickers etc).
 <p>
-Note that only the CD layout is copyrighted, OpenBSD itself is free.
+Note that only the copyrighted CD <i>layout</i> is commercially
restricted; the copyrighted OpenBSD software itself is permissively
licensed and thus <a href="/policy.html">freely redistributable</a>.
 Nothing precludes someone else from downloading OpenBSD and making their
-own CD.
+own CDs for themselves (though not for unlicensed distribution if
significantly similar or identical to an official set). OpenBSD's licensing
does allow you redistribute the software, so long as you do not infringe
upon the CD layout copyright. Verifying and ensuring non-infringement in
such a case might be another good reason to purchase a CD set.

 <p>
 Those that need or want a bootable USB drive can use the

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