From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Dec 3 11:28:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E96A037B401 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:28:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail11.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7267443E4A for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:28:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 3724 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2002 19:28:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail11.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 3 Dec 2002 19:28:44 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB3JSauH038095; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 14:28:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20021203142110.A55010@blackhelicopters.org> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 14:28:41 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Michael Lucas Subject: Re: List of big names ... Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , Johnson David , advocacy@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 03-Dec-2002 Michael Lucas wrote: > 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. I think FreeBSDMall now has the FreeBSD trademark, but Murray is probably a better person to ask about that. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message