From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 12 13:21:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from cygnus.rush.net (cygnus.rush.net [209.45.245.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80F0614FCB for ; Wed, 12 May 1999 13:21:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@rush.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by cygnus.rush.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA14428; Wed, 12 May 1999 15:43:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 15:43:45 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Licia Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it ok to use the FreeBSD name in a cyberpunkish fictional story? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 12 May 1999, Licia wrote: > > I'm working on a serialized story (posted on my home site) that has a vague > cyberpunk feel (really just computer oriented fiction :) ) and I was wondering > if it's ok to refer to FreeBSD and possibly the FreeBSD web site in it? > > I'd like for it to be the 'prefered operating system' of the protagonists, > as well as the basis for some of their bizzare efforts that antagonize the > primary villains :) > > Would anyone have any objections to this? I think what everyone is actually trying to say to you is: "Awesome, we'd love to have the publicity. Please go ahead with this." If i'm mistaken would someone speak up please? btw, can you post a URL to your work when you are done? I'd love to see something like this. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message