From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 01:41:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A457216A41C for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:41:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A59F43D46 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:41:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from [66.47.111.183] (helo=joeandlane.com) by smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1DuKd6-00089F-HF for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:41:12 -0400 Received: from joeandlane.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j6I1n4aW018951 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:49:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id j6I1n3jh018950 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:49:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) X-Authentication-Warning: joeandlane.com: lholcombe set sender to lane@joeandlane.com using -f From: Lane To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:49:03 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <20050717225449.50CF343D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050717225449.50CF343D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200507172049.03853.lane@joeandlane.com> X-ELNK-Trace: e56a4b6ca9bdfda11aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec79f6eb2d8c589886ec4fe7dd6e9fb282b2350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.47.111.183 Subject: Re: Demon license? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:41:13 -0000 On Sunday 17 July 2005 17:54, Ray Jenson wrote: > Greetings! > > My name is Ray Jenson, and I'm the CEO of a new start-up company in Utah, > called Red Heron Corporation. Our company has recently decided that we'd > like to start shipping CD's as a service to our customers. We would > prominently display a link to the FreeBSD web site, as well as notifying > our clients of the ability to download the software free. > > Here's where Brian Tao comes in: we'd like permission to use the demon on > our web site when directly linked to BSD, as well as a composite graphic > (sample is attached) that would show the devil alongside other logos, such > as Tux, the Red Hat logo, and Microsoft's Windows logo. We're in the > process of testing our hardware configurations before offering BSD-powered > machines to our clients, which should knock a significant amount off the > price. These logos are not currently displayed, but I can send you a > mock-up if you need it. > > Also, I am wondering whom I contact with regard to getting authorization to > actually ship the software. We wouldn't necessarily want ad space anywhere, > until we're sure that we can provide timely shipments (our processes are > still being developed). > > We are an OEM. We plan to start doing business on August 1st 2005. We will > have an e-commerce storefront and will plan to offer BSD along with other > products if we can find someplace to supply the optical media so that we > can ship it. > > Thanks, > > Ray Jenson, CEO > Red Heron Corporation It's "daemon," Ray, not "devil." The devil is in the Microsoft licensing. lane