Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 11:48:46 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, Kirk Fort <kirk@patrohn.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD finances Message-ID: <199811141948.LAA06937@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Nov 1998 12:33:02 MST." <4.1.19981114123122.04221bd0@127.0.0.1>
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> At 09:21 AM 11/14/98 -0800, David Greenman wrote: > > > Money? What money? Other than a very small amount of donations (a few > >thousand dollars) that is spent on a few pieces of hardware, there isn't > >any money. ...but Jason is right - private organizations aren't obligated > >to disclose this information. > > True. But it would be reassuring to find out who owns it, since the owners > clearly have the rights to the organization's trademarks, hardware, etc. It's a well-known fact that Jordan Hubbard is the CEO of FreeBSD Inc. To the best of my knowledge, "FreeBSD" is not a trademarked term. As for the hardware; most of what's been purchased by FreeBSD Inc. is scattered to the far corners of the globe, in the hands of developers. Most of the hardware the Project uses is actually funded by Walnut Creek CDROM. Some contributed funds have been used to purchase consultant time to address specific problems. I'm particularly interested to know what Mr Fort's interest in the matter is, as it would be easier to answer his questions if we knew what they actually were. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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