Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:17:14 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Darren Henderson <darren@nighttide.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003111514050.4409-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000311035558.0459ae80@localhost>
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On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Brett Glass wrote:
> Well, for all intents and purposes, WC realy has "owned" the right to
> reproduce FreeBSD. For example, while CheapBytes sells FreeBSD discs
> (and has for years), the FreeBSD Web site and the documenation in
> the FreeBSD distributions mention WC *exclusively* as a source of
> discs.
Submit patches to give mention to cheapbytes, and I'm SURE they will be
committed (hell, I'll do it myself if no-one else does). It's not an
active omission, but a passive one (no-one has been motivated to change
the docs since cheapbytes started selling). Deal?
> Remember when, on the lists some months ago, Jordan stated
> quite bluntly that anyone who wanted to use the FreeBSD trademark
> would have to reveal product plans IN ADVANCE to an employee of
> Walnut Creek -- even though the product might compete with something
> WC produced?
This won't be an issue when the trademark is transferred to the FreeBSD
foundation in the hands of -core, as is planned.
Kris
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