Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:29:18 +0100 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@mypost.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why in the world you should have a vote: was RE: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo suchas NetBSD!!! Message-ID: <200502121329.19902.mark.rowlands@mypost.se> In-Reply-To: <163678746.20050212124602@wanadoo.fr> References: <863bw2vxpk.fsf@xps.des.no> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEGEFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <163678746.20050212124602@wanadoo.fr>
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On Saturday 12 February 2005 12:46, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > 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. from the mailling list info :- freebsd-chat Non-technical items related to the FreeBSD community freebsd-questions User questions and technical support I think it should be clear where this conversation belongs. The issues you are discussing are emphatically non-technical. Please?
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