From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 12:29:24 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 B4B1D16A4CF for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:29:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp2.bahnhof.se (smtp2.bahnhof.se [213.80.101.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50BC043D45 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:29:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark.rowlands@mypost.se) Received: from mfilter1.bahnhof.se (mail.bahnhof.se [213.136.33.1]) by re-injector-s2.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA66989A74 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:29:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (mfilter1.local [127.0.0.1]) by re-injector1.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29B47129141 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:29:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp4.bahnhof.se ([213.136.33.1]) by localhost (mfilter1.bahnhof.se [10.0.1.21]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19207-08 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:29:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from pcmarpxy.mwrwin2k.se (81-170-150-191.bahnhofbredband.net [81.170.150.191]) by smtp4.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B8D8195A23 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:29:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost.mwrwin2k.se [127.0.0.1]) by pcmarpxy.mwrwin2k.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5DADACBE8 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:29:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from pcmarpxy.mwrwin2k.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pcmarpxy.mwrwin2k.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 54950-06 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:29:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost.mwrwin2k.se (localhost.mwrwin2k.se [127.0.0.1]) by pcmarpxy.mwrwin2k.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8D6CACBE2 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:29:21 +0100 (CET) From: Mark Rowlands To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:29:18 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <863bw2vxpk.fsf@xps.des.no> <163678746.20050212124602@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <163678746.20050212124602@wanadoo.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200502121329.19902.mark.rowlands@mypost.se> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bahnhof.se (mfilter1) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.323 tagged_above=-999 required=9 tests=AWL, BAYES_20, J_CHICKENPOX_12, PLING_PLING, RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL X-Spam-Level: Subject: Re: Why in the world you should have a vote: was RE: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo suchas NetBSD!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: mark.rowlands@mypost.se List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:29:24 -0000 On Saturday 12 February 2005 12:46, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > > I don't see why you are so proud of not doing this. Is it your > > intention to cause problems for companies that want to use FreeBSD > > in their products? This sort of thing is exactly what the > > chicken littles like Anthony are talking about. > > It surprises and worries me that anyone does it, for precisely the > reasons that you describe. Should I ever contribute code to FreeBSD, > I'll just assign the copyright, or release the code to the public > domain. I have to wonder about the motivations of someone who says he > wants to contribute to a Great Cause but then insists on retaining his > copyright. > > Remember that in some jurisdictions, copyright reverts to the author > after a certain number of years, no matter what he says to the contrary. > This includes the U.S.; see 17 USC 203. from the mailling list info :- freebsd-chat Non-technical items related to the FreeBSD community freebsd-questions User questions and technical support I think it should be clear where this conversation belongs. The issues you are discussing are emphatically non-technical. Please?