From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Nov 5 18:52:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA07179 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 18:52:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obie.softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA07172 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 18:52:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (wes@zaphod.softweyr.com [204.68.178.35]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA09438; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:51:41 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <3642643C.88EFB4DB@softweyr.com> Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 19:51:40 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr llc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai CC: Licia , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: NOT! FreeBSD Branding project names References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > > On 05-Nov-98 Licia wrote: > >> > > I'm sorry, I don't seem to understand your question. What is the > > connection > > between open source and the process of labeling software and hardware which > > does or can be made to run under FreeBSD? Is the labeling to be withheld > > from any proprietary or closed source material that fits the other > > criteria? > > That Open Source and in a way an open project such as FreeBSD and then > labeling software with terms such as 'Designed for FreeBSD' might tend to > Microsoft like practices... Just in my opinion offcourse... > > I think that terms that focus on the openess of FreeBSD and it's associated > packages might be a better idea... Could we please keep this ON-TOPIC. If you want to add a name, add one, if you want to discuss this to death, you should have been here last week or the week before. If you don't like the names we have now, suggest a better alternative and vote when the vote is called for! PLEASE KEEP THIS ON-TOPIC! Add names to the lists or don't hit the reply button! -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message