Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:33:48 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "'emailrob' spellberg" <emailrob@emailrob.com>, FreeBSD Chat List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSDmall vs Daemonnews mall Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020116102625.01e4f880@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3C45A713.860AA45@emailrob.com> References: <3C459893.44485DA3@emailrob.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020116085240.01c9e3e0@localhost>
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At 09:15 AM 1/16/2002, 'emailrob' spellberg wrote: >the idea is to eliminate refugee status of the distribution. The distribution does not have "refugee" status. At least two companies, possibly more, plan to sell copies. It would be nice, in fact, if there were more -- as there are for NetBSD. >when quality is important, control must be maintained. Actually, just the opposite is true. That's the entire philosophy behind open source: that quality results from contributions and consensus rather than iron-fisted control by one entity. >bring all of the intellectual property [ os, trademark, etc. ] > under one roof. You are starting to sound like Richard Stallman, whose "Free" (not!) Software Foundation insists upon owning all of the code of GNU projects, lock, stock, and barrel. (It's a dramatic demonstration of hypocrisy; this is the same man who claims that software "should not have owners." Hmmm.) The intellectual property that comprises FreeBSD -- in particular, the code -- is owned by hundreds of different parties. It will never be "under one roof." The trademark, however, should be owned by a neutral party, not by one which might have a motivation to exclude others. >different types of "customer" then have a reliable supplier. FreeBSD isn't a commercial venture. It's inappropriate for it to be concerned with "customers." Sellers of disks should be concerned with their customers, but the project should not favor any of them. To allow one seller to hold the FreeBSD trademark is inappropriate and could be greatly damaging to the project. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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