From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Dec 19 08:10:08 1995 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA18815 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 08:10:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from wiley.muc.ditec.de (wiley.muc.ditec.de [194.120.126.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA18760 Tue, 19 Dec 1995 08:09:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from vector.enet (slip139-92-42-143.emea.ibm.net [139.92.42.143]) by wiley.muc.ditec.de (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA00581; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 17:08:44 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vector.enet (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA03631; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 15:05:58 +0100 Message-Id: <199512191405.PAA03631@vector.enet> X-Authentication-Warning: vector.enet: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: gclarkii@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook Stuff Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: Vector Systems Ltd. (Internet Unix & C Consultants) Address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany Phone: +49.89.268616 Fax: +49.89.2608126 (pending reconfig) Web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ Mailer: EXMH version 1.6.4 10/10/95 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 Dec 1995 02:43:50 CST." <199512190843.CAA01788@main.gbdata.com> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 15:05:57 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Reference: > Another NOTE: We may want to think about doing this for the sources also. > There are many files within the tree that say this coded was contributed > to UCB and name the author. Make the copyright FreeBSD Project, Inc. > and give a credit within the license to the person who developed it. I would not want to see anything that passed Public sources back to private hands (& FreeBSD Inc is private, even if we know the friends that run it). What happens if FreeBSD goes belly up one day ? & someone buys the dead corporate carcus ... we lose the code ! No Way, Thank You. IMHO The code & the docs Must remain truly public (& not just BSD public), so that Linux & GNU & Sprite & Mach etc folk can share & enjoy (& cross fertilise). It's a natural question for a lawyer to ask, it's not so easy to craft a solution though. It's probably better to just stick to our standard BSD style header (the one we see plastered all over), & just strike out UCB & insert your own name when you write a new module. Regards, Julian. -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/