From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: Fwd: reiser4 non-free? Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 11:58:41 -0700 Message-ID: <409A8AE1.8060300@namesys.com> References: <13518599fb1119aa327235ecc3e01dc7@bouncing.localnet> <40974BB9.1000509@gmx.net> <4097C2E8.2030409@namesys.com> <20040504172017.GA8878@deprecation.cyrius.com> <4097D8DF.8010306@namesys.com> <1083696265.8699.2.camel@serenity> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <1083696265.8699.2.camel@serenity> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Joe Wreschnig Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com Joe Wreschnig wrote: >On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 12:54, Hans Reiser wrote: > > >>When you go to the opera, they don't come on stage and say buy XYZ, but >>they do say something prominent on the brochure like "we thank the >>generous ABC corporation for making this evening happen". Debian should >>follow that model, it works and is morally right to do. >> >> > >This is a very good analogy. > >Debian will happily print your credits in our "brochure" >(/usr/share/doc/*reiser*/copyright), which is an optional read for >people who want to see the opera (use the ReiserFS software). We'll even >do it prominently, all caps, whatever. But we will not walk out on stage >(print messages during use of the software) to advertise your >filesystem. > > Reiser4 prints them when you make a new filesystem, not when you use the filesystem. We are not as aggressive as you imagine. While I do personally think that boot time credits should be returned to existence, I am not asking for that. >We do follow that model, it does work, and it is the right thing to do. > > Operas put the credits where they get seen. Where a contributor is really significant to it happening, a theater group (little league baseball game, etc.) will mention on stage sometimes.