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cc: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such
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On Saturday 12 February 2005 02:07 am, Anthony Atkielski 
<atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Ted Mittelstaedt writes:
> > The committers do know about this and are careful about it.  You
> > will note that this is discussed more fully here:
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/co
> >ntrib- how.html
> >
> > under the section:
> >
> > New Code or Major Value-Added Packages
> >
> > I am very surprised that you missed this.  Could it be made any
> > more obvious?
>
> Yes, it could be made about a thousand times more obvious.  It should
> be right on the first page of the site, not buried in the
> documentation.
>
> And it is still a bit worrisome, because it says "When working with
> large amounts of code, the touchy subject of copyrights also
> invariably comes up."  Unfortunately, copyright applies to small
> amounts of code, too, not just large amounts.  Even a few lines can
> lead to litigation if the copyright status of those lines is not
> verified and cleared before they are incorporated into the product.

I think it's great that you're volunteering to do this. Keep us updated 
on your status!

- jt