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Subject: Re: Why in the world you should have a vote: was RE: Please don't
 change Beastie to another crap logo suchas NetBSD!!!
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Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> 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

To whom?  The FreeBSD project is not a legal entity.

>                                 or release the code to the public
> domain.

That is a very bad idea, because you can't disclaim liability for work
which you release in the public domain.

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