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Date:      Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:52:51 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers?
Message-ID:  <4.2.2.20000315175102.03f72520@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <38CD8E3A.7EB4720D@originative.co.uk>
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At 05:56 PM 3/13/2000 , Paul Richards wrote:

>I've no idea what WC/BSDI's attitude will be towards the use of the BSD
>mark following the merger but it would be foolish of them to allow any
>more spinoffs given their aim of creating more unification.

The concern is that they will allow no further use of the term "BSD"
because they don't want competition. And could claim that it's being done 
in the name of "unification."

>Actually, I think the whole point of Brett's argument is that he want's
>to live with that fact as long as the rules are fair to all parties and
>people actually know what they are.

Exactly!

--Bret



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