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From: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
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Subject: Re: Daemon license (was: Something I noticed on the Yahoo site)
In-Reply-To: <19981213115919.B483@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Dec 13, 98 11:59:19 am"
To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey)
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 00:09:07 -0800 (PST)
Cc: netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG
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> 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. 

Full text at:
http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/mainpage/copyright.html

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com