Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 14:28:41 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>, Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: List of big names ... Message-ID: <XFMail.20021203142841.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20021203142110.A55010@blackhelicopters.org>
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On 03-Dec-2002 Michael Lucas wrote: > On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:05:43PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: >> >> On 03-Dec-2002 Michael Lucas wrote: >> > On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:06:57PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> >> On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Johnson David wrote: >> >> > There are a couple of things that FreeBSD could do, short of selling its >> >> > soul through incorporation. One thing that might be interesting is to >> >> > make the Linux compatibility framework be LSB compliant (if possible). >> >> > Another is to set up a foundation, so there's at least some semblance of >> >> > hiearchical organization. >> >> >> >> Ummmm ... there used to be a FreeBSD Foundation, wasn't there? In fact, I >> >> thought that FreeBSD was incorporated as a non-profit as well? >> > >> > www.freebsdfoundation.org >> > >> > There is also a FreeBSD, inc. IIRC, it is owned by Wind River Systems. >> >> No, there is no FreeBSD, Inc. as far as I know. If there still is (I >> think there was at one time) it is probably still in the hands of David >> Greenman. FreeBSD, Inc. was not a 501(c)3 however. > > You're right, it's the FreeBSD trademark I'm thinking of. Ignore me, > I'm participating in a work-sponsored sleep-deprivation experiment. I think FreeBSDMall now has the FreeBSD trademark, but Murray is probably a better person to ask about that. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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