From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 4 00:18:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA22966 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 00:18:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (hokkshideh.jetcafe.org [207.155.21.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA22956 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 00:18:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dave@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org) Received: from hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA15207; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 00:18:19 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199711040818.AAA15207@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0delta 6/3/97 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Gary Kendall , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mv /usr/src/games /dev/null - any objections? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 00:18:19 -0800 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "JKH" == Jordan K Hubbard writes: > What corporations? You have a list of all parties who might > conceivably have a trademark infringement problem with us? Are you > willing to do the work of tracking down and contacting all of these > people? In that case, what is compress still doing in FreeBSD? Are you -sure- there are no non-games trademarked programs in the source? How about patented algorithms? > If not, I'm still going to go for "remove the games" as the only > *effective* solution since pie-in-the-sky suggestions like yours > avail us naught. I think you are being heavy handed and pessimistic. I -like- rogue and larn, and I don't think I'm alone. Why not just remove boggle? Or, go ahead and let lawyers dictate the code you write. After all, they are the ones you must serve, eh? ------ Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< Freedom Knight of Usenet - http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet Learn from the mistakes of others. You don't have time to make them all yourself.