I say, who cares if Wasabi is associated with NetBSD? Aren't the
licencing terms of NetBSD "Hey go ahead. Take the code. Do whatever
you want with it." I thought that BSD-type "advertising" clause was
removed a long time ago?

Finally, if someone is willing to pay for it, especially a group as
closely linked to the NetBSD project as Wasabi systems, then what harm
is there? If IBM decides to grab all NetBSD source and fork off into a
new distributions (and I know that's not what Wasabi is doing here)
then it's not like we can say, "Hey! Stop that!" when they populate
booths in consumer technology shows.

I suppose the usage of the NetBSD term itself is protected, is it?
Still, where's the harm in it?

sudog

On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Thomas Michael Wanka wrote:

> Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 19:08:39 +0200
> From: Thomas Michael Wanka <Tom@Wanka.at>
> Reply-To: tm_wanka@earthling.net
> To: netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Comdex post-mortem
>
> On 8 Apr 2001, at 9:12, Tim Rightnour wrote:
>
> > You print CD's for a netbsd event, with WASABI in huge letters, and
> > netbsd in little letters.  I'm not convinced this is a great thing.
> > TNF needs to be fundamentally separate from wasabi.  We don't want to
> > give the impression that our product, is reliant upon your staying in
> > business, or your architectural views.  I feel that regardless of how
> > well your business does, TNF still has an obligation to provide a
> > distribution, and have it's name known.
>
> Hi,
>
> would you agree that big NetBSD letters and small Wasabi were
> OK? I have not seen "official" CDs, just pictures on
> daemonnewsmall (if I had seen this cover in a local store I had not
> realized it was NetBSD). I do not want to overregulate, but some
> guidelines on how they should look, and where to place adds would
> be helpful. I talked to some local bookstores and they will take
> NetBSD Cds in commission, some sponsoring to have them
> produced would be helpful. If there were guidelines it was easier to
> go to companies and say "your logo could be here or there", if you
> do not do this, they want their logo all over the CD and NetBSD in
> the fineprint.
>
> mike
>