From owner-freebsd-chat Thu May 31 1:48:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mooseriver.com (erie.mooseriver.com [205.166.121.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA0637B424 for ; Thu, 31 May 2001 01:48:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by mooseriver.com (8.11.3/8.11.2) id f4V8mnK58049; Thu, 31 May 2001 01:48:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch) Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 01:48:49 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: John Daniels Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Foundation clarification Message-ID: <20010531014849.A58037@mooseriver.com> Reply-To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from jmd526@hotmail.com on Thu, May 31, 2001 at 04:24:55AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 04:24:55AM -0400, John Daniels wrote: > Hi: > > Can anyone explain what the FreeBSD Foundation is? Is this a real entity? > The terms FreeBSD Core / FreeBSD Foundation / FreeBSD Project seem to be > used interchangeably at times in the mailing lists, but I have not found a > reference that indicates that "FreeBSD Foundation" is anything more than a > means of refering to the project or core. > > I saw an email from Justin Gibbs in November about 501(c)(3) nonprofit > status for FreeBSD and I would think that this effort might be on behalf of > behalf of some, presumeably nonprofit, entity like "FreeBSD Foundation" but > I have not seen any email, press release, or other notice that states that > such an entity officially exists. > > Oh, and can anyone comment on the progress of the 501(c)(3) effort? My > understanding is that it has been in the works now for at least 15 months. Yes, please. And for the record can get a status of who owns the trademark and/or logo "FreeBSD" Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 4.3 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | www.bafug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message