From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Mar 16 21:30:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n0b.san.rr.com (dt051n0b.san.rr.com [204.210.32.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D4937BD1A for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:30:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from gorean.org (doug@master [10.0.0.2]) by dt051n0b.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA21514; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:30:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Message-ID: <38D1C2FD.3339346F@gorean.org> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:30:37 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT-0315 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Glass Cc: Brad Knowles , Paul Richards , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? References: <4.2.2.20000315175102.03f72520@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313111904.041e0c00@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312122651.00b1e880@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312144558.04190e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313111904.041e0c00@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313131120.041d91f0@localhost> <4.2.2.20000315175102.03f72520@localhost> <4.2.2.20000316175744.04112740@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brett Glass wrote: > > At 10:32 PM 3/15/2000 , Brad Knowles wrote: > > > I have no reason to suspect this, but if you do, then this is a > > good time to bring it up. However, you should not be basing statements > > or arguments on an assumption like this, which has not yet proven to be > > either false or true. You simply don't know whether or not you have a > > leg to stand on. > > The fact is, that if someone owns the trademark and doesn't make a > commitment to an explicit policy, NO ONE knows whether he or she has a leg > to stand on. This is known as FUD. No it isn't. FUD is short for "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt." It's the spreading of disinformation about a project by its detractors. This is a common tactic employed by say, microsoft. > One of the things which will promote the growth of FreeBSD and BSD UNIX in > general will be to dispel all such FUD. It's not possible (or I should say, prudent) for any trademark holder to lay out a clear, "unambiguous" set of rules for using its trademark is that they can be sued over it. Doug -- "While the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it seems, it would be easier sometimes to change the past" - Jackson Browne, "Fountain of Sorrow" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message