Date: 03 Jul 1998 09:19:20 +0200 From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) To: Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: FBSD license and multiple copyright holders Message-ID: <rx4ogv71jwn.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com> In-Reply-To: Jason Evans's message of Thu, 2 Jul 1998 14:45:42 -0700 (PDT) References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980702132919.6175G-100000@orkan.canonware.com>
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Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com> writes: > As the standard FBSD license reads, it seems to me that anyone who > distributes a binary-only FreeBSD-based product is legally required to > print reams of copyright notices in the documentation. That sucks for the > distributor and for the customers. It's there for a reason. I can't understand why UCB hasn't sued the pants off Microsoft yet... The monkeys in Redmond are shipping software under Berkeley license without including the proper magic incantations in their advertising material or documentation. Wouldn't it be a ball to see Microsoft print "This product includes software developed at the University of California, Berkeley" on the cover of every single Windows 98 or Windows NT CD? DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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