From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Nov 15 17:52:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA00227 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:52:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from root.com (root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA00222 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:52:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@root.com) Received: from root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA10037; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:52:34 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811160152.RAA10037@root.com> To: Robert Nordier cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD finances In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 15 Nov 1998 23:25:35 +0200." <199811152125.XAA27263@ceia.nordier.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:52:34 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> 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