Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:14:32 -0400 From: "David Stanford" <dthomas53@gmail.com> To: "Carmen Chase" <s_c_chase@yahoo.com.ar> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Permission to Distribute OS and Demon Logo Message-ID: <f2c91f770607252214x151d1f80lc03d714d5da153d7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200607260155.30403.s_c_chase@yahoo.com.ar> References: <200607260155.30403.s_c_chase@yahoo.com.ar>
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On 7/26/06, Carmen Chase <s_c_chase@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > > Hello from Buenos Aires, Argentina! > > My name is Carmen Chase and I request your permission to distribute > FreeBSD & > ports, use the BSD Demon, and links to the manuals & downloads sites. Our > objective is to locally promote and generalize FreeBSD as end users - not > criticize other systems, or profit from FreeBSD. Let me explain: > > The overwhelming majority of argentine PC users run un-licensed Microsoft > Sytems and software. The remainder have licenses or use Linux. FreeBSD is > unknown to the average PC user. > > Although efforts are being made to control piracy, the vast majority of > final > users cannot afford microsoft licences. In terms of local purchasing > power, > windows XP would cost the equivalent of $1500 us dollars in the US market. > Meanwhile, PC usage continues to grow by leaps and bounds. > > Over the last few years our family have increasingly used FreeBSD, > consider it > a grand solution and greatly admire your organization and acheivements. In > fact, we would like to see FreeBSD generalized amongst the millions of > argentine users and small businesses. > > To achieve this objective, we are considering a simple non-profit web > site, > with a help section, history section, forum, bulletin boards, jobs/help > wanted, links, videos clips demonstrating the system, etc... and request > your > permision to use the Demon Logo, and distribute the FreeBSD operating > system > & ports. > > Any support would be greatly appreciated! > > Respectfully yours, > > Carmen Chase > tel. 4541-1434 > > PD please let us know you received this message! > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > http://www.freebsd.org/art.html#USE http://www.freebsd.org/logo.html#GUIDELINE -David -- [root@fbsd ~]# fortune Happiness is just an illusion, filled with sadness and confusion.
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