Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 18:32:01 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Whistle Claims and Copyrights Message-ID: <18388.909455521@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 25 Oct 1998 19:09:18 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810251852020.4553-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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> 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: Because we don't like clauses 3 and 4 and have removed them from the FreeBSD Project version, the BSD license being something we'd prefer to leave as unmodified as possible. > ...would seem wholly appropriate. The BSD license does not seem to > preclude such a statement. No, but it's not something we'd want to force on anyone in any case. If somebody wants to call their derived product "FrobOS" and not credit FreeBSD at all, fine. If they want to catch some of the free software buzz and get our more immediate help, they can also openly use FreeBSD. It's their choice. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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