Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 13:02:54 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Darren Henderson <darren@nighttide.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? Message-ID: <200003112102.NAA28511@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:00:42 %2B0530." <Pine.LNX.4.20.0003112034290.431-100000@theory8.physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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>The sort of question to be answered is not, should the FreeBSD >docs cite Cheapbytes as a supplier, but -- if some other company >like Red Hat came along and wanted to package FreeBSD in linux >style -- GUI install, packages, etc, etc -- performing real >"value addition" in commercial words -- should they be allowed to >call it FreeBSD, and what should the conditions be for that. And >yes, it should not be left to Walnut Creek, but to some committee >whose credentials are beyond doubt. But it may be unreasonable to >ask that no employees of Walnut Creek be involved in the process >at all. > >Incidentally, I think someone seriously suggested Linux International >on this list, as a suitable body to police the trademark. We're working on forming the FreeBSD Foundation. The trademark is going to be transfered to the Foundation as soon as it is formed. This was agreed to as part of the BSDI/WC merger (since the 'FreeBSD' trademark is currently held by WC CDROM, and the 'BSD' trademark is held by BSDI). Before this transfer occurs, it is also agreed to that the FreeBSD core team has the exclusive right to determine what products can be labeled with the FreeBSD trademark. I hope this finally puts this concern to rest. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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