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Date:      Sun, 22 Aug 1999 15:08:07 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>
Cc:        Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "The Matrix" screensaver, v.0.2
Message-ID:  <37BF93C7.D6640EBC@newsguy.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908220400150.53274-100000@freja.webgiro.com> <4.2.0.58.19990821224324.00ac9230@nfs.dragondata.com>

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Kevin Day wrote:
> 
> A> Anyway, this module was meant more as a joke, but if you guys like it so
> > > much you could vote for putting it in the tree...
> >
> >What do you mean "vote"? I was waiting for it to show up on my tree
> >after a cvsup!
> 
> I hate to keep bringing things like this up, or start a legal war, but this
> screensaver is more than likely a copyright and/or trademark violation, and
> bringing it into the source tree may not be a good idea. Yes, lots of
> people may be making things like this, but it would probably be best to
> distance FreeBSD itself from such a thing.

MMmm... not sure... First, it is not an exact copy. Second, it has
no mention of trademarked names. Third, The Matrix took it's idea
from Ghost in the Shell in first place.

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