Subject: Re: NetBSD Daemon
To: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon@widomaker.com>
From: Sean Davis <dive@endersgame.net>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 05/14/2002 20:42:14
Wasn't that clause removed from the BSD license some years ago?

On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 05:21:08PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 10:19:34AM -0600, Herb Peyerl wrote:
> > Jim Wise <jwise@draga.com>  wrote:
> >  > I believe sudog is refering to clause 3 of the BSD license:
> >  > 
> >  >  * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
> >  >  *    must display the following acknowledgement:
> >  >  *      This product includes software developed by the University of
> >  >  *      California, Berkeley and its contributors.
> >  > 
> >  > Which raises a fair question as to whether a NetBSD t-shirt mentions
> >  > `features or use' of BSD Unix.  I guess it depends on the shirt.  :-)
> > 
> > right. I don't mention "features or use of". I just have the word
> > "NetBSDiality" and an illustration.
> 
> Even if you did, I think it should be OK to leave off the copyright. 
> 
> There is little worse than a trademark or copyright symbol ruining a
> piece of artwork, and it doesn't hurt them. I'd think they would be more
> worried about the use of code, not putting it on shirts... :)
> 
> Of course, lawyers are strange beasts...
> 
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