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Date:      Tue, 03 Dec 2002 14:05:43 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
Cc:        advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
Subject:   Re: List of big names ...
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20021203140543.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021203132620.A54590@blackhelicopters.org>

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On 03-Dec-2002 Michael Lucas wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:06:57PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Johnson David wrote:
>> > There are a couple of things that FreeBSD could do, short of selling its
>> > soul through incorporation. One thing that might be interesting is to
>> > make the Linux compatibility framework be LSB compliant (if possible).
>> > Another is to set up a foundation, so there's at least some semblance of
>> > hiearchical organization.
>> 
>> Ummmm ... there used to be a FreeBSD Foundation, wasn't there? In fact, I
>> thought that FreeBSD was incorporated as a non-profit as well?
> 
> www.freebsdfoundation.org
> 
> There is also a FreeBSD, inc.  IIRC, it is owned by Wind River Systems.

No, there is no FreeBSD, Inc. as far as I know.  If there still is (I
think there was at one time) it is probably still in the hands of David
Greenman.  FreeBSD, Inc. was not a 501(c)3 however.

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