Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:21:09 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, dyson@iquest.net, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD 4.0 (was: Here is what I promised :-)) Message-ID: <19980625182109.D356@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19980624034151.12579@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 03:41:51AM %2B0200 References: <199806230204.VAA10715@nospam.hiwaay.net> <199806231756.MAA19966@dyson.iquest.net> <19980624034151.12579@follo.net>
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On Wednesday, 24 June 1998 at 3:41:51 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 12:56:14PM -0500, John S. Dyson wrote: >> David Kelly said: >>> "John S. Dyson" writes: >>>> Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav said: >>>>> I'm holding my breath until you tell us the name of the project you're >>>>> working on :) >>>>> >>>> The name "G2" was suggested, so that is the codename for now. It >>>> kind-of means "Generation 2". >>> >>> You're not going to call it, "FreeBSD 4.0"? ;-) >>> >> No, and in fact, BSD apparently won't be in the name at all. There >> are both legal and technical reasons why it won't be there. There >> will be code of BSD heritage in the kernel, and some code with BSD >> heritage in userland. It won't have the (non-threaded) structure >> of a BSD kernel, but likely will have many of the same pieces, in >> one form or another. >> >> Note that I am not in the "naming", "infrastructure" or "interface >> with other organizations or groups" department on the project. :-). > > However, I seem to be, so I'll present a picture of that side of it: > > John says categorically "no" to it being called FreeBSD 4.0. This > isn't something I'd do - this is an open option, but one which I don't > consider too likely. I would consider it rude in the extreme to use somebody else's name for your new product. I can understand why John is so emphatic. The software may be free, but the name has certain bindings. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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