Though I don't mind the banter, you guys may want to trim Ray Jenson from future messages on this thread. I don't think a potential commercial promoter of FreeBSD needs to wade through this sort of debate. All he wanted was permission to use the likeness of the Daemone for promotional purposes. ;-) -- Brian Tao (BT300, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:15:29 -0700 From: Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Ray Jenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Demon license? >-----Original Message----- >From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:28 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Ray Jenson; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Demon license? > > >On Monday, 18 July 2005 at 2:23:45 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> On Monday, July 18, 2005 1:53 AM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>> On Monday, 18 July 2005 at 1:12:12 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >>>> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) >>>> On Sunday, July 17, 2005 4:14 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>>>> The daemon is copyright of Kirk McKusick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >>>>> 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. >>> >>> I no longer speak for the FreeBSD project, but we have never >wanted to >>> be associated with devils. I'm sure we would object if >someone drew a >>> 'devil' image and associated it with FreeBSD. >> >> Oh, you must think yourself very clever for that bit of deliberate >> misinterpretation. I hope you don't let it go to your head. > >This isn't misinterpretation. They're your words. You've been around >the project for a long time, but you still don't understand how >important it is to us to refer to the daemon correctly. > For the second time, I was not referring to "The FreeBSD Daemon" as per Kirk's image, in that sentence. Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"