From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 10:07:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53B3E16A53A for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:07:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 106BF43D31 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:07:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 45CEB1C0009E for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:07:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 276EE1C00095 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:07:52 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050212100752161.276EE1C00095@mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:07:44 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <491919829.20050212110744@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <467538167.20050211234639@wanadoo.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such asNetBSD!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:07:53 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > The committers do know about this and are careful about it. You will > note that this is discussed more fully here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/contrib- > how.html > > under the section: > > New Code or Major Value-Added Packages > > I am very surprised that you missed this. Could it be made any more > obvious? Yes, it could be made about a thousand times more obvious. It should be right on the first page of the site, not buried in the documentation. And it is still a bit worrisome, because it says "When working with large amounts of code, the touchy subject of copyrights also invariably comes up." Unfortunately, copyright applies to small amounts of code, too, not just large amounts. Even a few lines can lead to litigation if the copyright status of those lines is not verified and cleared before they are incorporated into the product. -- Anthony