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Date:      Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:06:56 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>, "Doug Barton" <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers?
Message-ID:  <4.2.2.20000316180159.04112840@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <005601bf8f2c$4939f010$021d85d1@youwant.to>
References:  <4.2.2.20000315174932.03efa380@localhost>

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At 02:44 AM 3/16/2000 , David Schwartz wrote:

>The only reason you have any desire to
>associate the FreeBSD name with your distribution is because of the immense
>value the name has. 

Actually, I'd be glad to call a derived product something else. However, 
(a) it would perceived as a fork and hence hurt FreeBSD; (b) It would 
create confusion regarding compatibility; and (c) it would fail to give
credit where credit was due.

If I wanted a name purely for value, I'd do a Linux distro. It'd be instant 
IPO time, unless I did it as badly as LinuxOne. (Which I wouldn't, since I
care about quality. Besides, their bungling would be hard to beat.)

--Brett



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