Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:46:02 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why in the world you should have a vote: was RE: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo suchas NetBSD!!! Message-ID: <163678746.20050212124602@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEGEFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <863bw2vxpk.fsf@xps.des.no> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEGEFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > I don't see why you are so proud of not doing this. Is it your > intention to cause problems for companies that want to use FreeBSD > in their products? This sort of thing is exactly what the > chicken littles like Anthony are talking about. It surprises and worries me that anyone does it, for precisely the reasons that you describe. Should I ever contribute code to FreeBSD, I'll just assign the copyright, or release the code to the public domain. I have to wonder about the motivations of someone who says he wants to contribute to a Great Cause but then insists on retaining his copyright. Remember that in some jurisdictions, copyright reverts to the author after a certain number of years, no matter what he says to the contrary. This includes the U.S.; see 17 USC 203. -- Anthony
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