From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Nov 14 13:18:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA16822 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 13:18:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA16817 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 13:18:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id OAA16362; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 14:18:14 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19981114141123.00c1b100@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: brett@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 14:17:25 -0700 To: Mike Smith From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: FreeBSD finances Cc: "Jason C. Wells" , Kirk Fort , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199811141948.LAA06937@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 11:48 AM 11/14/98 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >It's a well-known fact that Jordan Hubbard is the CEO of FreeBSD Inc. True. But is he the owner? If not, who owns how much of it? >To the best of my knowledge, "FreeBSD" is not a trademarked term. If it weren't, it could be claimed by BSDI. This would not be good! I certainly hope it *IS* trademarked. >As for the hardware; most of what's been purchased by FreeBSD Inc. is >scattered to the far corners of the globe, in the hands of developers. >Most of the hardware the Project uses is actually funded by Walnut Creek >CDROM. True. But if it's a privately held corporation, and it's been given stuff, that's income -- and the gain should be reflected either on a corporate tax return or on the tax returns of the private owners. Otherwise, the US Government could go after FreeBSD, Inc. and do nasty things -- including possibly seizing some of that equipment. If it really is a full-fledged private corporation, keeping legal is extremely important. >Some contributed funds have been used to purchase consultant time to >address specific problems. Which is good. Again, though, there's paperwork associated with doing this -- and penalties if you don't send in the proper forms. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message