Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 01:17:31 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, wes@softweyr.com, tedm@toybox.placo.com, ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <20010707081731.952F7380F@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <32135.994489881@critter>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <3B4650D0.97F10B83@bellatlantic.net>, Sergey Babkin writes: > > >If the FreeBSD Foundation is an existing entity now, maybe we > >can just change the license for the CD images to "not for resale" > >unless the distributor signs an agreement with the Foundation ? > > Why on _earth_ would we make it so hard for people to get hold > of a media copy of FreeBSD, when absolutely nothing prevents > me or anybody else from rolling a net distribution ? Well said! Keep the big picture in mind folks.. The objective here is to get FreeBSD into as many people's hands as practical. Hell, if Microsoft phoned up tomorrow asking whether they could sell a pre-packaged FreeBSD CD-ROM kit, I'd roll some masters personally and fly them overnight to make sure that nothing went wrong! And if some organization is funding developers to work on FreeBSD full time, then I personally would go out of my way to help them too, should they need something. (several spring to mind) All this hot air about "protecting" the .iso's is the *least* of our worries. The bigger issue is getting them "out there", not restricting them. The more the better. Can we go and get a life now please? Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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