Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:38:22 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, allenc@verinet.com (Allen Campbell) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: This is stupid Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000317103557.00b32ef0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <v04220810b4f817edce94@[195.238.1.121]> References: <4.2.2.20000317092004.040fc560@localhost> <38D1F624.2C97055A@verinet.com> <4.2.2.20000317092004.040fc560@localhost>
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At 10:15 AM 3/17/2000 , Brad Knowles wrote: > The simple fact of the matter is that, in the business world, when people want to license a particular trademark for use on one of their products, they have to get the prior approval of the trademark holder -- even if the trademark holder is a direct competitor of theirs. Sorry, but this is not the "business world" as you know it, and the FreeBSD Foundation is not a company. The many contributors to FreeBSD did not contribute their code so that it could be managed as if it were the product of a for-profit corporation, nor did they want its use to be restricted (or they would not have contributed under the BSD license). The net effect of the policy you advocate is that FreeBSD would effectively be the exclusive property of Walnut Creek, which would have an interlocking directorate with the FreeBSD Foundation. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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