Subject: Re: NetBSD Daemon
To: None <netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org>
From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon@widomaker.com>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 05/14/2002 17:21:08
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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