Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 01:11:09 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Bill Fumerola" <billf@mu.org> Cc: "Doug Hass" <dhass@imagestream.com>, "Mike Smith" <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Leo Bicknell" <bicknell@ufp.org>, "Jim Bryant" <kc5vdj@yahoo.com>, "MurrayTaylor" <taylorm@bytecraft.au.com>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FYI Message-ID: <004001c157ac$717b9340$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20011018011256.U51024@elvis.mu.org>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Bill Fumerola [mailto:billf@mu.org] >Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:13 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Doug Hass; Mike Smith; Leo Bicknell; Jim Bryant; MurrayTaylor; >freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: FYI > > >On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:51:25PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> When we have a choice, we take the BSD code and improve it as necessary. >> Otherwise, we take what we can get. Sometimes, even, companies >that release >> the stuff >> closed source end up opening it up when they see that by doing so that lots >> more people will contribute bugfixes and such. > >you say 'we' an awful lot for someone who isn't part of, doesn't represent, >and is in no way affiliated with the freebsd project. > >thankfully, the project's official word can be found here: >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/ >policies-encumbered.html And, what exactly on this page is any different from what I've just said? Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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