Demon license?

Lane lane at joeandlane.com
Mon Jul 18 01:41:13 GMT 2005


On Sunday 17 July 2005 17:54, Ray Jenson wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> My name is Ray Jenson, and I'm the CEO of a new start-up company in Utah,
> called Red Heron Corporation. Our company has recently decided that we'd
> like to start shipping CD's as a service to our customers. We would
> prominently display a link to the FreeBSD web site, as well as notifying
> our clients of the ability to download the software free.
>
> Here's where Brian Tao comes in: we'd like permission to use the demon on
> our web site when directly linked to BSD, as well as a composite graphic
> (sample is attached) that would show the devil alongside other logos, such
> as Tux, the Red Hat logo, and Microsoft's Windows logo. We're in the
> process of testing our hardware configurations before offering BSD-powered
> machines to our clients, which should knock a significant amount off the
> price. These logos are not currently displayed, but I can send you a
> mock-up if you need it.
>
> Also, I am wondering whom I contact with regard to getting authorization to
> actually ship the software. We wouldn't necessarily want ad space anywhere,
> until we're sure that we can provide timely shipments (our processes are
> still being developed).
>
> We are an OEM. We plan to start doing business on August 1st 2005. We will
> have an e-commerce storefront and will plan to offer BSD along with other
> products if we can find someplace to supply the optical media so that we
> can ship it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray Jenson, CEO
> Red Heron Corporation
It's "daemon," Ray, not "devil."

The devil is in the Microsoft licensing.

lane


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