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To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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Subject: Re: Donating Copyrights? 
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> > There are no files in the entire FreeBSD kernel distribution that are
> > assigned to FreeBSD Inc. (which is the company you and David started if
> > I understand things correctly).
> 
> Correct.
> 
> > Why is this copyright there?  'wosch' added it, but I have no idea since
> > he had no right to assign the kernel or any files to this.
> 
> I have no idea either, perhaps because John Fieber had originally
> copyrighted the handbook this way (not at my urging) Wolfram saw this
> as a statement of general intent or something.

Ahh, that makes sense.

> AFAIK, the handbook
> and web pages have been changed to "(C) The FreeBSD Project" which
> doesn't actually mean anything per-se and is probably why FreeBSD,
> Inc.  was chosen before - it seemed just a little more tangible.
> 
> But it's no skin off my nose either way, that's for sure.

So, should the copyright be updated to the project?


Nate


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