Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 06:38:18 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? Message-ID: <v04220801b4f622685e13@[194.78.235.226]> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000315175710.03efb510@localhost> References: <v04220810b4f30063ef1e@[195.238.24.123]> <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <Pine.LNX.4.20.0003112034290.431-100000@theory8.physics.iisc.ernet.in> <4.2.2.20000312122651.00b1e880@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312144558.04190e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313111904.041e0c00@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313131120.041d91f0@localhost> <v04220810b4f30063ef1e@[195.238.24.123]> <4.2.2.20000315175710.03efb510@localhost>
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At 6:00 PM -0700 2000/3/15, Brett Glass wrote: > Agree! Also, it is not a given that one must include EVERY BIT of FreeBSD in > a product to use the name FreeBSD in its name. That's not necessarily true. The FreeBSD Core Team and the FreeBSD Foundation will decide whether or not to allow this kind of use of their trademark. However, until then I think we have to take the statements from Jordan as a strong indication that they will, in fact, *NOT* allow derivative subsets to be called "FreeBSD", and you must at least include the entire contents of the first CD-ROM image with any product you want to ship that would make use of this trademark. > After all, this is the age of the Internet; hybrid delivery models should > be possible. This is a decision that must be left up to the FreeBSD Core Team and the FreeBSD Foundation. So long as you were true to the spirit of "FreeBSD" and you were shipping a product that included all the relevant parts from the first CD-ROM but just for one platform, they might be willing to let you use the trademark. But this decision will never be made so long as you waste your time and ours by kvetching about it here, instead of actually taking the next step and approaching the FreeBSD Core Team. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels http://www.skynet.be || Belgium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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