Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 19:09:18 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: FreeBSD-advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Whistle Claims and Copyrights Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810251852020.4553-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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http://www.whistle.com/products/prod-basicfaq.html#bsd They use BSD instead of free software? Gag!! I guess they are afraid to "come out of the closet." To be fair, they do meet the requirements of the Board of Regents copyright terms. Why doesn't FreeBSD add FreeBSD, Inc to the copyright? Certainly /usr/src contains copyrightable contributions by FreeBSD. A statement in the copyright requiring... 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors and FreeBSD Inc. and it's contributors. ...would seem wholly appropriate. The BSD license does not seem to preclude such a statement. Do we not do this to prevent scaring away customers like Whistle who are unwilling to advertise that they use free software? Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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