On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:42:18 +0000, Ann wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 00:33:43 -0500, Scott Cole wrote:
>
>> On 2004-06-25, chris king <phiber@slackwaresupport.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> acually. me and pat email each other all the time.
>>>
>>> ex.
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: 10.
>>> From: "Patrick J. Volkerding" <volkerdi@slackware.com> Date: Wed,
>>> June 16, 2004 12:47 pm
>>> To: "chris king" <phiber@slackwaresupport.com> Priority: Normal
>>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, chris king wrote:
>>>> Hey Pat,
>>>>
>>>> Is 10. gonna support the AMD64?????
>>>
>>> I'm runnning it on my AMD64. :-)
>>>
>>>> when do you expect the retail version to be out?? getting itchy, have
>>>> a subscription. :>
>>>
>>> Well, it's not actually released yet. Usually we get discs to the
>>> subscribers about 2 weeks after the net release (unlike other distros
>>> we don't sit on it for a month to try to force people to buy it).
>>>
>>> We certainly appreciate the people who support us through
>>> subscriptions, and a lot of them tell me that they download it anyway
>>> but are buying the sub to help us out. Slackware users can be some
>>> really cool people.
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>>
>>> Pat
>>>
>> What exactly is the point of this post. To let us know that Pat V.
>> responded to an email. I certainly don't see any reference to you using
>> the slackware name for your own site.
>
> Nor that permission was asked-for/received to post the email to a public
> forum.
>
> Also, the "Slackware linux" logo on your website is remarkably similar to
> the original on the official Slackware website. No indication that
> permission was give to use it and it's not used as a link to the Slackware
> website.
>
> I don't see anything wrong with having a website about Slackware; there
> are many websites about MS Windows. But imo you should not be using
> copyrighted material without permission and you should have a disclaimer
> on your website. And, since you are selling advertising, a policy to
> contribute a percentage to the Slackware project would be appropriate.

There ya go..