Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:52:34 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD finances Message-ID: <199811160152.RAA10037@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Nov 1998 23:25:35 %2B0200." <199811152125.XAA27263@ceia.nordier.com>
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>> FreeBSD, Inc. does not produce FreeBSD. >> The confusion you have comes from not seeing the subtle differences in >> the various names that are being used. "The FreeBSD Project" refers to the >> development effort that produces FreeBSD releases. It has a core team, is >> not incorporated, and has no money whatsoever. "FreeBSD, Inc.", on the >> other hand, is a for-profit company that manages the distribution of a >> small amount of donations, produces no software or any other products, is >> owned and operated by exactly one person (Jordan), and is accountable only >> to him. > >In the circumstances, wouldn't "The FreeBSD Project" or "Individual >members of the FreeBSD Project, and contributors" be preferable in this >context? > >% dmesg | head -3 >Copyright (c) 1992-1998 FreeBSD Inc. >Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. My only comment is that the FreeBSD Inc. copyright should never have been added to the output in the first place. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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