Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 18:35:24 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Mike Doyle <relyod@co-operation-ireland.ie>, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RWS Message-ID: <20000918183524.G567@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000918102322.A15156@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:23:22AM -0700 References: <20000916153813.H47559@jade.chc-chimes.com> <20000916133833.H12955@magus.users.xmission.com> <20000916153813.H47559@jade.chc-chimes.com> <20000916135840.I12955@magus.users.xmission.com> <3.0.5.32.20000918104842.0086f780@199.107.2.1> <20000918174554.B567@parish> <20000918102322.A15156@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:23:22AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Mark Ovens <marko@FreeBSD.ORG> [000918 09:46] wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:48:42AM +0100, Mike Doyle wrote: > > > I was looking at the GNU website on Friday, and they still have a > > > not-very-complimentary peice about the BSD licence, even though the > > > clause in question has been removed. > > > > > > > Just remind me, what exactly was the advertising clause? ISTR that it > > was something to do with displaying a credit for the CSRG (or > > Berkeley). If that was the case, what was the FSF's gripe? Fire up > > emacs, gdb, etc. and what do you get? An advert for GNU/FSF. > > 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software > must display the following acknowledgement: > This product includes software developed by the University of > California, Berkeley and its contributors. > > Which sorta stinks because if you have a television add it basically > means that at the end you need to scroll that, even worse a lot of > individuals have files under the copyright with that clause as well > so that doing a television add is pretty much a pain in the butt. > Thanks for refreshing my memory. I'd forgotten it referred to "All advertising materials", I thought it only referred to the program itself. > -Alfred > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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