[lwip-users] License compliance without customer confusion

[Timmy Brolin]

I have been thinking about how a manufacturer of a embedded system which 
includes the lwip stack can comply with the BSD-license without 
confusing its customers.
The license is written assuming distribution in software form, binary or 
source code. It is not really written with distribution as part of a 
piece of hardware in mind.
The first two conditions of the license are not valid for a embedded 
system since further distribution is not really possible, and I suspect 
that including them in a manual for the device may and will only serve 
to confuse the customer.

Then there is the disclaimer. It states that there are no warranties 
whatsoever. But the manufacturer of the embedded system will of course 
provide warranties covering the proper function of the entire device, 
including the lwip software.
Including the disclaimer in the manual will give the customer 
contradicting information, and may make the customer question the 
quality and warranties of the device.

I assume several people on this mailing list are in fact producing 
embedded systems containing lwip code. How do you comply with the 
license without confusing your customers?

Regards,
Timmy Brolin