diff --git a/executils/executils_freebsd.go b/executils/executils_freebsd.go
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index 00000000000..92e65d3d28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/executils/executils_freebsd.go
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+// This file is part of arduino-cli.
+//
+// Copyright 2020 ARDUINO SA (http://www.arduino.cc/)
+//
+// This software is released under the GNU General Public License version 3,
+// which covers the main part of arduino-cli.
+// The terms of this license can be found at:
+// https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+//
+// You can be released from the requirements of the above licenses by purchasing
+// a commercial license. Buying such a license is mandatory if you want to
+// modify or otherwise use the software for commercial activities involving the
+// Arduino software without disclosing the source code of your own applications.
+// To purchase a commercial license, send an email to license@arduino.cc.
+
+package executils
+
+import "os/exec"
+
+func tellCommandNotToSpawnShell(_ *exec.Cmd) {
+}
diff --git a/i18n/detect_freebsd.go b/i18n/detect_freebsd.go
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index 00000000000..759509c5abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18n/detect_freebsd.go
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+// This file is part of arduino-cli.
+//
+// Copyright 2020 ARDUINO SA (http://www.arduino.cc/)
+//
+// This software is released under the GNU General Public License version 3,
+// which covers the main part of arduino-cli.
+// The terms of this license can be found at:
+// https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+//
+// You can be released from the requirements of the above licenses by purchasing
+// a commercial license. Buying such a license is mandatory if you want to
+// modify or otherwise use the software for commercial activities involving the
+// Arduino software without disclosing the source code of your own applications.
+// To purchase a commercial license, send an email to license@arduino.cc.
+
+package i18n
+
+func getLocaleIdentifier() string {
+	return getLocaleIdentifierFromEnv()
+}