From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jul 3 00:20:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA00753 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:20:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com [134.32.44.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00633 for ; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:19:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smoergrd@geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com) Received: from sunw132.geco-prakla.slb.com (sunw132 [134.32.45.120]) by oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA03383 ; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:19:21 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by sunw132.geco-prakla.slb.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA08759; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:19:21 +0200 To: Jason Evans Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: FBSD license and multiple copyright holders References: Organization: Schlumberger Geco-Prakla X-Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 03 Jul 1998 09:19:20 +0200 In-Reply-To: Jason Evans's message of Thu, 2 Jul 1998 14:45:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Lines: 18 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jason Evans writes: > As the standard FBSD license reads, it seems to me that anyone who > distributes a binary-only FreeBSD-based product is legally required to > print reams of copyright notices in the documentation. That sucks for the > distributor and for the customers. It's there for a reason. I can't understand why UCB hasn't sued the pants off Microsoft yet... The monkeys in Redmond are shipping software under Berkeley license without including the proper magic incantations in their advertising material or documentation. Wouldn't it be a ball to see Microsoft print "This product includes software developed at the University of California, Berkeley" on the cover of every single Windows 98 or Windows NT CD? DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message