From owner-freebsd-java Tue Feb 17 16:10:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA27333 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:10:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mercury.Sun.COM (mercury.Sun.COM [192.9.25.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA27323 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:10:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM) Received: from East.Sun.COM ([129.148.1.241]) by mercury.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/mail.byaddr) with SMTP id QAA03450; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:09:03 -0800 Received: from suneast.East.Sun.COM by East.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-5.3) id TAA25039; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 19:08:59 -0500 Received: from compound.east.sun.com by suneast.East.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA24976; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 19:08:59 -0500 Received: (from alk@localhost) by compound.east.sun.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id SAA06847; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:08:40 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:08:40 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199802180008.SAA06847@compound.east.sun.com> From: Tony Kimball MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Face: O9M"E%K;(f-Go/XDxL+pCxI5*gr[=FN@Y`cl1.Tn Reply-To: alk@pobox.com To: nate@mt.sri.com Cc: awd@fastparts.com, java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sunsoft swing classes References: <34E9EBD7.3DDB6BE8@value.net> <34E9EEFE.D24DAA09@plutotech.com> <199802172134.OAA29842@mt.sri.com> <34EA04D4.5608730A@plutotech.com> <199802172147.OAA29926@mt.sri.com> <34EA1805.558724CB@fastparts.com> <199802172342.QAA01016@mt.sri.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.33 under 19.14 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Quoth Nate Williams on Tue, 17 February: : > That's okay though. It sounds to me like it's time for someone to setup : > a .org domain, then start shipping GPL'ed (can lawyers sue an : > organization that doesn't make any money?) pluggable Look'n'Feel modules : > that look -exactly- like Windows95, MacOS, NextStep(why not?), etc. : : Not a smart idea. Copyright/trademark law applies to people who don't : make money the same as people who make money. Note the recent 'Boggle' : thread FreeBSD just went through. : Oh it's a *very* good idea! An LLC with no assets is the closest you can get to being lawsuit-proof. (The coders obviously incur no liabilities, only the publisher.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message