Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:15:29 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Ray Jenson <rjenson@redheron.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, taob@risc.org Subject: RE: Demon license? Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEAJFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050718222826.GS25747@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:grog@FreeBSD.org] >Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:28 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Ray Jenson; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; taob@risc.org >Subject: Re: Demon license? > > >On Monday, 18 July 2005 at 2:23:45 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> On Monday, July 18, 2005 1:53 AM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>> On Monday, 18 July 2005 at 1:12:12 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >>>> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) >>>> On Sunday, July 17, 2005 4:14 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>>>> The daemon is copyright of Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>. >>>>> You should ask him for permission. In general he gives it if the >>>>> usage is BSD-related, as it appears to be in this case. >>>> >>>> Strictly speaking, the IMAGES of the daemon that are on the >>>> mckusick.com website are what is copyrighted. Nothing is stopping >>>> someone from drawing a 'devil' image and associating it with >>>> FreeBSD. >>> >>> I no longer speak for the FreeBSD project, but we have never >wanted to >>> be associated with devils. I'm sure we would object if >someone drew a >>> 'devil' image and associated it with FreeBSD. >> >> Oh, you must think yourself very clever for that bit of deliberate >> misinterpretation. I hope you don't let it go to your head. > >This isn't misinterpretation. They're your words. You've been around >the project for a long time, but you still don't understand how >important it is to us to refer to the daemon correctly. > For the second time, I was not referring to "The FreeBSD Daemon" as per Kirk's image, in that sentence. Ted
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