Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 22:40:33 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>, grog@lemis.com, jcwells@u.washington.edu, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux) Message-ID: <363D45D1.2887F23@softweyr.com> References: <199811011955.MAA24027@usr05.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> > That makes sense. It's not like it's going to kill anyone to throw
> > together some install tools. After all, it's a good plug for their product
> > as well to have support for FreeBSD..
>
> The install tools should be thrown together *by* FreeBSD people,
> and *given* to the vendor, for non-native binaries.
>
> Branding at all should *require* a FreeBSD "install presence".
I think the discussion has evolved beyond this point. The general
consensus now seems to be will have a web page of "works in progress"
that includes applications currently known to work on FreeBSD, but
which do not yet qualify for the logo status because they don't yet
have a relatively goof-proof installer.
We've also come to a rough consensus that the installer required for
the "Works with" (or whatever we call it) logo may be supplied by the
vendor OR by FreeBSD volunteers; the existence of the installer is
far more important than who created. We also feel that vendors should
be encouraged to develop FreeBSD installers. ;^)
I think we're ready to move forward with this; if anyone has any
strong disagreements please voice them. This proposal, once fully
developed, should be run by the core team for their comment as well.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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