Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 11:11:22 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, dyson@iquest.net, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 (was: Here is what I promised :-)) Message-ID: <19980625111122.33234@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <19980625182109.D356@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Thu, Jun 25, 1998 at 06:21:09PM %2B0930 References: <199806230204.VAA10715@nospam.hiwaay.net> <199806231756.MAA19966@dyson.iquest.net> <19980624034151.12579@follo.net> <19980625182109.D356@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Thu, Jun 25, 1998 at 06:21:09PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > > John says categorically "no" to it being called FreeBSD 4.0. This > > isn't something I'd do - this is an open option, but one which I don't > > consider too likely. > > I would consider it rude in the extreme to use somebody else's name > for your new product. I can understand why John is so emphatic. The > software may be free, but the name has certain bindings. You're misunderstanding me, I think. I'm saying that the software will be available for FreeBSD to adopt if the FreeBSD project at some time consider it a better solution than continuing from the then-present FreeBSD kernel codebase (or they can adopt core parts of the G2 kernel and re-intergrate the non-core parts against that, or whatever) then that is an option that will be available. I'm _not_ suggesting that the "G2 project" will call G2 "FreeBSD 4.0". What is called "FreeBSD x.x" is up to The FreeBSD Project and FreeBSD, Inc (which one would hope will stay in synch on the matter :-) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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