From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 13 10:49:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from trinity.skynet.be (trinity.skynet.be [195.238.2.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACC537B640 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:49:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from blk@skynet.be) Received: from [195.238.24.123] (dialup1320.brussels.skynet.be [194.78.233.40]) by trinity.skynet.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 587301260C; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:48:38 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: blk@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000313111904.041e0c00@localhost> References: <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312122651.00b1e880@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312144558.04190e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313111904.041e0c00@localhost> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:35:25 +0100 To: Brett Glass , Doug Barton From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? Cc: Paul Richards , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 11:26 AM -0700 2000/3/13, Brett Glass wrote: > In that case, Walnut Creek should not be able to do that either. So, again, > the FreeBSD Foundation should require it to change the names of all of its > "enhanced" FreeBSD packages. Otherwise, it is not being evenhanded. The FreeBSD Core Team and the FreeBSD Foundation will make determinations as to what may/may not be done with the FreeBSD name in relation to products, etc.... Presumably they have done so in the past with relation to the "FreeBSD Power Pak", and therefore, by definition, there is no conflict. As I recall, Jordan K. Hubbard (speaking with his "FreeBSD Core Team member" hat on) has said that it can't be called FreeBSD unless it includes *everything* that is considered to be within the FreeBSD project (i.e., everything you get on the CD-ROM images he creates). He didn't say you couldn't add stuff, which is where someone can create a package that includes all four of the standard CD-ROMs and then adds more content -- which is precisely what Walnut Creek has done with the "FreeBSD Power Pak". > Do you understand intellectual property law? It's a trademark, not > a "copyrighted name." Sorry, wrong term. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels http://www.skynet.be || Belgium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message