Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 07:32:00 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> Cc: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf LINT GENERIC Message-ID: <199904231432.HAA00330@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:02:30 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.3.96.990421115943.98656A-100000@elpc36.jrc.it>
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> > > P.S.: USBDI as in, our version of it. The people from the consortium > > > kicked us out. > > > Can you elaborate on the reason that USBDI does not FreeBSD > > to be involved with the consortium? > > Money. We cannot pay the fee (>1000 US $) to join the kindergarten aka > consortium. No company was willing to pay it for us and the consortium > was not willing to waive the fee, because not-for-profit organisations > still draw a certain benefit for their community, or something along > those lines. All sounds a bit strange if you consider the fact that the > spec will be open and free-for-all eventualy. Actually, there are a combination of issues. The cost involved in being a member is one issue, another is that to remain a "member in good standing" you have to attend at least one meeting every three months (ie. travel to/around the USA), and the third is that you need to be able to negotiate and sign legal agreements on behalf of your organisation. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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