From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 11:46:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD0116A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:46:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 787C243D39 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:46:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1106.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id AC7B21C000A9 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:46:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1106.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 8EB231C000A7 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:46:06 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050212114606584.8EB231C000A7@mwinf1106.wanadoo.fr Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:46:02 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <163678746.20050212124602@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <863bw2vxpk.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why in the world you should have a vote: was RE: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo suchas NetBSD!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:46:07 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > I don't see why you are so proud of not doing this. Is it your > intention to cause problems for companies that want to use FreeBSD > in their products? This sort of thing is exactly what the > chicken littles like Anthony are talking about. It surprises and worries me that anyone does it, for precisely the reasons that you describe. Should I ever contribute code to FreeBSD, I'll just assign the copyright, or release the code to the public domain. I have to wonder about the motivations of someone who says he wants to contribute to a Great Cause but then insists on retaining his copyright. Remember that in some jurisdictions, copyright reverts to the author after a certain number of years, no matter what he says to the contrary. This includes the U.S.; see 17 USC 203. -- Anthony