From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 18 1:11:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F23B37B405; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 01:11:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f9I8B9T26499; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 01:11:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Bill Fumerola" Cc: "Doug Hass" , "Mike Smith" , "Leo Bicknell" , "Jim Bryant" , "MurrayTaylor" , , Subject: RE: FYI Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 01:11:09 -0700 Message-ID: <004001c157ac$717b9340$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <20011018011256.U51024@elvis.mu.org> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: Bill Fumerola [mailto:billf@mu.org] >Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:13 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Doug Hass; Mike Smith; Leo Bicknell; Jim Bryant; MurrayTaylor; >freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: FYI > > >On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:51:25PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> When we have a choice, we take the BSD code and improve it as necessary. >> Otherwise, we take what we can get. Sometimes, even, companies >that release >> the stuff >> closed source end up opening it up when they see that by doing so that lots >> more people will contribute bugfixes and such. > >you say 'we' an awful lot for someone who isn't part of, doesn't represent, >and is in no way affiliated with the freebsd project. > >thankfully, the project's official word can be found here: >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/ >policies-encumbered.html And, what exactly on this page is any different from what I've just said? Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message