Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 21:57:35 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Richard Hodges <rh@matriplex.com> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <3B47DA2F.D417E048@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10107071542110.13080-100000@mail.matriplex.com>
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Richard Hodges wrote:
>
> Sure, no argument there. Taking Wes' suggestion, maybe there is an
> opportunity in the "official" distribution distinction. How about a
> "certificate of authenticity" which costs the vendors $1 or $2 (or
> whatever), and shows the customer that their choice of vendors helped
> FreeBSD financially. Incidentally, this certificate might also be a
> selling point for those twisted individuals that just don't understand
> free software :-)
Now that's an idea, but it raises problems with shipping the "certificates"
across national borders, causing import duties, etc. Maybe if we made
the certificates in PostScript or even fig files. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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