From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Feb 12 14:46:25 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA18082 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:46:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA18077 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:46:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id PAA11056; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:46:08 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990212154305.04be99d0@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:46:02 -0700 To: "Jason C. Wells" , Amancio Hasty From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Fascinating GPL License 8) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <199902120818.AAA19997@rah.star-gate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If I ever advertise a product based on code that incorporates that license, I may need to point to a Web page and say that the list of credits on the page is "incorporated by reference." Otherwise, I'd overflow any ad I could afford, even if I used minuscule type! The folks deserve the credit, but I don't think the intent was to make it impossible to advertise. --Brett At 02:04 PM 2/12/99 -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: >On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Amancio Hasty wrote: > >> * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software >> * must display the following acknowledgement: >> * This product includes software developed by the University of >> * California, Berkeley and its contributors. > >I wonder how often this tenent of the BSD license is maintained. > >This is not about a notice in the source or binaries. . This is about >advertising. Anyone who advertises software subject to this license must >display this attribution. > >Now Berkeley TCP/IP is ubiqitous right? Why haven't I seen this plastered >all over the net? > >I don't think MS complies. I don't think Sun complies. I know Whistle >does. > >Does the OSKIT webpage? I'll have to check. Hmmm.... nope. Just the GPL as >far as I can tell. Yes, they thank FreeBSD folk. No, They do not state >that their software uses software from Berkelely as stated in the license. > >Catchya Later, | Give me UNIX or give me a typewriter. Jason Wells | >http://www.freebsd.org/ > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message