Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 14:21:10 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.org, Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Subject: Re: List of big names ... Message-ID: <20021203142110.A55010@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20021203140543.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:05:43PM -0500 References: <20021203132620.A54590@blackhelicopters.org> <XFMail.20021203140543.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:05:43PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > 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. You're right, it's the FreeBSD trademark I'm thinking of. Ignore me, I'm participating in a work-sponsored sleep-deprivation experiment. ==ml -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons Absolute BSD: http://www.AbsoluteBSD.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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