From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 10 1:53:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C785637B42A; Sat, 10 Nov 2001 01:53:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id fAA9rBT03589; Sat, 10 Nov 2001 01:53:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Gary W. Swearingen" , , Subject: RE: What is FreeBSD, Inc? Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 01:53:11 -0800 Message-ID: <007101c169cd$81d33800$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Unfortunately, the people that are in charge of that apparently have better things to do. According to USPTO, the FreeBSD trademark still belongs to Walnut Creek, aka WRS. Certain individuals insisted some time ago that this was going to be changed but apparently they haven't filed the proper paperwork. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gary W. >Swearingen >Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 8:12 PM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: What is FreeBSD, Inc? > > > >Much of the FreeBSD web site claims to be the property of "The FreeBSD >Project". > >"The FreeBSD Copyright" at >http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html >claims that "FreeBSD, Inc." owns copyright on something, >presumably more than that page, though it's not clear what. > >"The FreeBSD Handbook" claims that "The FreeBSD Documentation Project" >owns copyright on the handbook. > >The home page of freebsd.org mentions "The FreeBSD Foundation" as a >place to send money, but little more. > > >What or who are these four entities? Do they have legal standing to >own copyrights? Who or what holds what legal paperwork? > >I've looked for but not found answers at the freebsd.org web site >and in the Handbook. The latter hints that the "core team" controls the >project's direction, but curiously quotes "Board of Directors" as if it >isn't a real, legal board and says nothing of incorporation, ownership, >assets, charter/constitution, etc. > >It also seems strange that the web site doesn't mention trademarks. > >Shouldn't this sort of stuff be in a "Who are we?" or "Who owns >FreeBSD?" or "Legal Matters" type of web page? Or does none of this >sort of thing influence (potential) contributors or otherwise matter >to anyone but nitpickers? > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message