Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 16:42:34 -0400 From: "Michael Steinfeld" <mike@freebsdbox.org> To: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sitting inside, looking out... Message-ID: <001601bedeb9$e1757580$86a9e0d0@sprawlnet.com> References: <19990803164207.A46171@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <30735.933704575@critter.freebsd.dk> <19990804163923.A13708@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>; <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>; <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Sitting inside, looking out... > [Reply-to set to -chat] > > On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 08:22:55PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > In message <19990803164207.A46171@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>, Nik Clayton writes: > > >Just for completeness; > > > > Yeah, sorry for leaving you gang out , but I didn't want to make > > it too long, the important thing was to get the three main kinds > > down, doc committers are pretty much the same story as the other > > two "limited scope" types. > > Oh, absolutely. But you have to understand that the -doc committers are > a rough crowd, and if I don't speak up for them every so they often they > start saying rude things about my parentage. > > What's worse is the translation teams -- they say rude things about my > parentage and I can't even understand what they're saying. . . > > [ Hmm, there's a thought -- could someone who speaks Japanese, Spanish, > or one of the other languages we've got translated please check out the > different translations of the FAQ, and make sure it doesn't just consist > of "Nik's mother wears army boots" repeated again and again. Thanks ] > > > >At least, that's my take on it. > > > > > >> NOTE: If somebody can find a sponsor for it, I would really > > >> like to offer an "official FreeBSD Committer sweat-shirt" > > >> to each and every single committer. Luxury cars, free > > >> vacations and suitcases filled with cash would also do. > > > > > >How about the FreeBSD Project coming up with the > > >artwork, and then 'licensing' it to each user group? > > > > For it to have significance for the committers, it should be done in > > such a manner that only the committers get their hands on them. > > As Matt points out, this has room to backfire. You can see the commit > log now; > > Modified files: > CVSROOT avail > Log: > > John Smith is no longer a committer. He's promised to burn his t-shirt > in private, and never mention this again. > > Given that (by and large) the committers are just a subset of a much larger > developer base, and that we have developers who, for their own reasons, > have declined to become committers, something that's limited to committers > is probably not so great. > > But for patches that closed PRs, absolutely. > > We could maybe have a generic design that's registered as a copyright (or > a trademark, or whatever) with the project, and the project can license > this design out to user groups, or individuals, as necessary, and for a > small fee. > > So, if the UK user group wanted to put out 'official UK FreeBSD user group' > t-shirts then they can do so, for (say $20 licensing for the design, and > $1 per t-shirt). And to pick another example at random, Matt could have > a "FreeBSD VM God" t-shirt (and richly deserved it is too). > > But why stop at t-shirts? FreeBSD boxer shorts? Bra and panties? Anoraks? > > OK, maybe not the last one. > > N Now the Boxer shorts is a great idea . Just make sure the come in packages of 5-7 at least. cause I know if I only had one pair..... ahh, nevermind that is not important. I don't want to paint any type of picture that my personal hygiene is compromised by the logo on my boxer shorts. In any case .. I'm ready to order ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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