Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 15:05:57 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@vector.enet> To: gclarkii@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook Stuff Message-ID: <199512191405.PAA03631@vector.enet> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Dec 1995 02:43:50 CST." <199512190843.CAA01788@main.gbdata.com>
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Hi, Reference: > Another NOTE: We may want to think about doing this for the sources also. > There are many files within the tree that say this coded was contributed > to UCB and name the author. Make the copyright FreeBSD Project, Inc. > and give a credit within the license to the person who developed it. I would not want to see anything that passed Public sources back to private hands (& FreeBSD Inc is private, even if we know the friends that run it). What happens if FreeBSD goes belly up one day ? & someone buys the dead corporate carcus ... we lose the code ! No Way, Thank You. IMHO The code & the docs Must remain truly public (& not just BSD public), so that Linux & GNU & Sprite & Mach etc folk can share & enjoy (& cross fertilise). It's a natural question for a lawyer to ask, it's not so easy to craft a solution though. It's probably better to just stick to our standard BSD style header (the one we see plastered all over), & just strike out UCB & insert your own name when you write a new module. Regards, Julian. -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
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