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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 08:02:17 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>, Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
Cc: netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: Daemon license (was: Something I noticed on the Yahoo site)
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In-Reply-To: <199812131344.GAA13007@beer.org>; from Herb Peyerl on Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 06:44:51AM -0700
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On Sunday, 13 December 1998 at  6:44:51 -0700, Herb Peyerl wrote:
> Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>  wrote:
>>> Since when does Kirk want any money for the license?  His only
>>> stipulation so far has been that the use of the daemon must somehow be
>>> related to BSD, and I can't see he'll have any problems in this case.
>>
>> Apparently not money, but definitely written permission. From the source:
>>
>>     If you want to mass produce the daemon on Tshirts, CDROM's, etc you
>>     need to request permission in advance. In general, I require that the
>>     daemon be used in an appropriate way. This means that it has to be
>>     something related to BSD and not expropriated as a company logo (though
>>     I do allow companies with BSD-based products such as Walnut Creek CDROM
>>     or BSDI to use it). I regret having to be so legalistic about the daemon,
>>     but I almost lost the daemon to a certain large company because I failed
>>     to show due dilligence in protecting it. So, I've taken due dilligence
>>     seriously since then.
>
> That doesn't say "written permission"... In the past, I've sent kirk mail,
> pointed him at a gif/jpeg, and received his permission via return email.
> I interpret 'written permission' as a physical piece of paper.

I think this is a matter of interpretation.  I, too, have no paper
from Kirk, but I take his email as being ``written'' in the sense that
you can read it.

Greg
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