Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 17:41:10 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>, Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? Message-ID: <200003140141.RAA03661@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:18:05 MST." <4.2.2.20000313140446.041df3d0@localhost>
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>At 01:38 PM 3/13/2000 , Brad Knowles wrote:
>
>> Consider that the bulk of the FreeBSD Core Team probably works for Walnut Creek, and there is likely to be no conflict here.
>
>Yes, there is a BIG conflict. Many key authors of FreeBSD, past and present, made
>their contributions with the understanding that they were not working for the
>benefit of one company -- Walnut Creek -- but rather for the good of anyone
>who wanted to use the code.
I'm not reading 95% of this discussion, but since this was at the top it
caught my eye. Currently, 2 out of 16 core members have income from ("work
for") Walnut Creek CDROM. Of those 2, only one (Jordan) is an employee. This
is hardly the "bulk of the FreeBSD Core Team". The trademark is and always has
been in our control, even though Walnut Creek CDROM is the trademark holder.
The only reason why WC CDROM has the trademark in the first place was because
they were the only legal entity that we trusted to hold it until we had our
own legal entity to transfer it to.
It sure would be nice if all of this wild speculation would stop since it
is so far from reality that it only serves to confuse people with all of the
disinformation.
-DG
David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org
Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com
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