From: Kirk McKusick <xXxXxXx@mckusick.com>
To: Joerg Pernfuss <xXxXxXx@bsdforen.de>
Subject: Re: Permission to usage the BSD daemon on a t-shirt
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 17:10:02 -0700
> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 04:33:45 +0200
> From: Joerg Pernfuss <xXxXxXx@bsdforen.de>
> To: xXxXxXx@mckusick.com
> Subject: Permission to usage the BSD daemon on a t-shirt
> X-ASK-Info: Confirmed by User
>
> Hello.
>
> I write this email on behalf of www.bsdforen.de - the largest german
> language webforum centered around BSD in (nearly) all its incarnations.
>
> We plan to produce a t-shirt for our users containing your daemon
> artwork.
>
> I attached a wip png graphic of the main motive, the writing reads
> "the usual suspects - *BSD". Maybe a second motive will be available,
> the outline of the head of your daemon graphic with some small text
> besides it - though that's not sure yet.
>
> Would this be fine with you (both motives) or would you like us to
> change something?
>
> Regards,
> Joerg
I prefer that the BSD Daemon be used in the context of BSD software.
Since you are promoting BSD, your usage is clearly following this
policy. I like your proposed design. I permit user groups such as
yours to make up to 100 shirts for distribution to their members
(but not for general sale to the public) with no royalties other
than sending me a Large shirt for my daemon-shirt collection. I ask
that you make my copyright information available (see below) through
a web link or printed on materials distributed with the shirts. If
you want to do a larger distribution or sell to the general public,
then we need to set up a commercial distribution agreement.
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Statement on the Use of the BSD Daemon Figure:
The BSD Daemon is to be used in the context of BSD software.
So, if you are using BSD software (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
or BSD utilities) in your Intranet environment, then use of the
daemon is appropriate. If you are a Microsoft or Linux shop, then it
is not appropriate.
Individuals may use the daemon for their personal use within the
bounds of good taste (an example of bad taste was a picture of the
BSD daemon blowtorching a Solaris logo). When reasonably possible,
I would like the text ``BSD Daemon Copyright 1988 by Marshall Kirk
McKusick. All Rights Reserved.'' to be included. This text need
not be etched into the figure or garishly displayed when using the
daemon as say an Icon in a Web window. A good example of how
to handle the due credit in a web page is to create a link from
the daemon picture to the following text:
BSD Daemon Copyright 1988 by Marshall Kirk McKusick.
All Rights Reserved.
Permission to use the daemon may be obtained from:
Marshall Kirk McKusick
1614 Oxford St
Berkeley, CA 94709-1608
USA
or via email at mckusick@mckusick.com
If you are looking for daemon images or daemon shirts, a pictorial
history of the daemon and daemon shirts are available at my site,
http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/. If you are looking for daemon badges,
see the site at http://www.scotgold.com/Daemon.htm). For other
paraphanalia, see the site at http://www.freebsdmall.com/promotional/).
If you want to mass produce the daemon on Tshirts, CDROM's, or other
products 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
FreeBSD Mall or Daemon News 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 diligence in
protecting it. So, I've taken due diligence seriously since then.
Marshall Kirk McKusick
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