Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:22:11 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Copyright Issues Message-ID: <41A37FD3.9070105@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <41A34E1F.3000005@locolomo.org> References: <1101220451.94465.13.camel@codegurus.org> <41A34E1F.3000005@locolomo.org>
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Mick Walker wrote: >> Now, getting to the point, I was shocked when I went into the toilet >> facilities in the pub, and found one of those vending machines that sell >> novelty items of a sexual nature, featuring on the design something that >> looked remarkably similar to the BSD Daemon. To the best >> of my knowledge, the BSD Daemon is copyrighted by Marshall Kirk >> McKusick. >> Is this a case of copyright theft? As obviously they are a profit making >> company. Or have i got totally the wrong end of the stick. > Gee, in the U.S. I've never seen such a machine that wasn't painted the same color as the wall. Maybe I go to the wrong establishments .... Erik Norgaard wrote: > You should contact Kirk McKusick mckusick[ at ]mckusick.com about it > since he is the copyright holder. > > Regards, Erik <OT> Not only that, you should probably hack into it and make sure that COPYRIGHT still appears in the / dir ... maybe the Regents need to get involved as well. Or do you suppose there's no software running on that box? 8-D </OT> On a more somber note, I concur that it seems pretty blatant. Kevin Kinsey
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