Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:12:12 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org>, "Ray Jenson" <rjenson@redheron.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, taob@risc.org Subject: RE: Demon license? Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEAGFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050717231403.GH25747@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Greg 'groggy' >Lehey >Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 4:14 PM >To: Ray Jenson >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; taob@risc.org >Subject: Re: Demon license? > > > >> alongside other logos, such as Tux, the Red Hat logo, and >> Microsoft's Windows logo. We're in the process of testing our >> hardware configurations before offering BSD-powered machines to our >> clients, which should knock a significant amount off the >> price. These logos are not currently displayed, but I can send you a >> mock-up if you need it. > >The daemon is copyright of Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>. You >should ask him for permission. In general he gives it if the usage is >BSD-related, as it appears to be in this case. Strictly speaking, the IMAGES of the daemon that are on the mckusick.com website are what is copyrighted. Nothing is stopping someone from drawing a 'devil' image and associating it with FreeBSD. Over the years there have been many representations of the BSD Daemon. Not all are copyrighted by Kirk, for example: http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/shirts/bsdunix.html http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/shirts/usenix.html Both the above are USENIX copyrights - per Kirk. However, to me the most classic "FreeBSD Daemon" image that has ever been done has been the 4.3BSD one: http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/gif/bsd4_3.gif That one, and similar variants, I think also are the most recognizable one as the "FreeBSD one". And that one and the variants are copyrighted by Kirk. Ted
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