Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:47:00 -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: <4.3.2.7.2.20020116113905.01ccea60@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3C45C7FD.BA16A3D5@emailrob.com> References: <3C459893.44485DA3@emailrob.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020116085240.01c9e3e0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20020116102625.01e4f880@localhost>
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At 11:35 AM 1/16/2002, 'emailrob' spellberg wrote: >no matter how many vendors, there is ultimately one source. Not true. Vendors will, and should, add value. >not true. >the quality of the code does not result from > the nature of the source of the code. This is just plain silly. The quality of the operating system is the direct result of the quality of the code. >it comes from review of the submissions by competent people whose > many responsibilities include keeping out the unsatisfactory. >however many layers of review may exist, > ultimately a small number of people must make a decision. >i want these people to err on the side of caution and > i want their fists to be nuclear. Sorry, but in that case you are seeking a commercial model, not an open source one. Truly free code, such as that which is distributed uner the BSD License, can be used in any way one pleases -- including the creation of a bad product. (Windows, for example, includes code from FreeBSD.) But this does not hurt BSD one bit. >all software should have owners. >the public domain is a class of owner for this purpose. You're talking nonsense. Public domain code EXPLICITLY has no owner. >whoever owns the trademark, > it should be used by those who advocate the use of the product. So long as the trademark is owned by a commercial entity, that entity will have a financial motivation to restrict the activities of its competitors. If it's a public company, it can literally be sued by shareholders if it doesn't maximize profits. >you have it backwards: > i was advocating that the entity holding the mark be a vendor itself, > in addition to other vendors under contract to it. You are naive. If a vendor has to beg for permission from a direct competitor to get permission to sell a product, it is best advised to get out of the business. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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