From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jul 14 13:57:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6104437B80D for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:57:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA09191; Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:57:05 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000714141056.04b7e1d0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:57:00 -0600 To: "Jason C. Wells" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: The Great Trademark Debate In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 05:29 PM 7/9/2000, Jason C. Wells wrote: >Once upon a time in the land of -chat there was a great debate regarding >the dire consequences of Walunt Creek owning the FreeBSD trademark. It >occured to an enterprising individual that this could hamper the >commercial acceptance of FreeBSD and therefore be the end of the OS and >the community. > >In the midst of the great trademark debate, with conspicous coincidence, >the enterprising individual happened upon a business opportunity. This >particular opportunity hinged precariously on the use of the FreeBSD >trademark. The debate heightened owing to the consequences faced by our >enterpriser. > >It seems that nothing ever became of this great and terrible issue of >Walnut Creek owning the Trademark. It seems that once the great debate >vanished, so did the enterpriser's contempory opportunity. Actually, the opportunity was lost because it was not possible to obtain a clear and unambiguous answer about the trademark. Investors backed out, and the opportunity to start a venture which would have contributed a LOT to FreeBSD was gone. We are regrouping, but a successful effort is much further from fruition than it would have been otherwise. [Many gratuitous insults and slanderous remarks deleted] I've waited to respond to your message when I was in a good mood, because you've been so nasty, vitriolic, and hostile. (I'm sitting outside on a gorgeous sunny day, under an awning, sipping a cool drink, listening to music, watching pretty girls go by, and finishing up a book chapter.) Say what you will, but I am doing good things for the platform and will continue to do so. Your nastiness won't stop me, nor will anything else short of making FreeBSD un-free. Go ahead and filter my messages if you will. In fact, if it prevents you from misinforming others about me and my work, so much the better. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message