From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Nov 15 13:27:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03520 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:27:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m1-57-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA03503 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:27:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id XAA27263; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:25:38 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199811152125.XAA27263@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD finances In-Reply-To: <199811142256.OAA20023@root.com> from David Greenman at "Nov 14, 98 02:56:27 pm" To: dg@root.com Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:25:35 +0200 (SAT) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David Greenman wrote: > FreeBSD, Inc. does not produce FreeBSD. > The confusion you have comes from not seeing the subtle differences in > the various names that are being used. "The FreeBSD Project" refers to the > development effort that produces FreeBSD releases. It has a core team, is > not incorporated, and has no money whatsoever. "FreeBSD, Inc.", on the > other hand, is a for-profit company that manages the distribution of a > small amount of donations, produces no software or any other products, is > owned and operated by exactly one person (Jordan), and is accountable only > to him. In the circumstances, wouldn't "The FreeBSD Project" or "Individual members of the FreeBSD Project, and contributors" be preferable in this context? % dmesg | head -3 Copyright (c) 1992-1998 FreeBSD Inc. Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message