To: spi-announce@kiki.icd.teradyne.com, debian-announce@lists.debian.org Subject: SPI clarifications From: "Nils Lohner" <lohner@spi-inc.org> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:29:31 -0500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Software in the Public Interest, Inc. http://www.spi-inc.org New SPI Web Pages October 28, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> News Software in the Public Interest, Inc. is pleased to announce its new web pages. They can be found at <http://www.spi-inc.org/>. SPI is a non profit organization that was founded to help projects in developing software for the community. Several projects are currently being supported through monetary and hardware donations that have been made to SPI. As SPI is a non profit organization, all donations to it and the projects it supports are tax deductible. >> Projects Projects that are affiliated with and receive support from SPI are: o Berlin <http://www.berlin-consortium.org/> o Debian <http://www.debian.org/> o GNOME <http://www.gnome.org/> o Linux Standard Base <http://www.linuxbase.org/> o Open Source <http://www.opensource.org/> o Open Hardware <http://www.openhardware.org/> These projects use the monetary and legal infrastructure available to them through SPI to accomplish their individual goals. SPI serves as a guiding organization only, and does not actively control any of the projects it is affiliated with. >> Trademarks SPI currently owns several trademarks and certification marks. Although these trademarks are owned by SPI, they are managed by the projects that they are associated with. The Open Source Certification Mark is managed by Eric Raymond on behalf of the free software community. The Open Hardware Certification Mark is managed by Vincent Renardias. The Debian Trademark is managed by Debian. >> About SPI SPI is a non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software. We encourage programmers to use the GNU General Public License or other licenses that allow free redistribution and use of software, and hardware developers to distribute documentation that will allow device drivers to be written for their product. Open Source and Debian are Registered Certification Marks and Trademarks of Software in the Public Interest, Inc. >> Contact Information For further information, please send email to the SPI Press Contact <press@spi-inc.org> or visit the SPI homepage at <http://www.spi-inc.org/>. -- Nils Lohner Software in the Public Interest, Inc. E-Mail: lohner@spi-inc.org PO Box 1326 Press Contact <press@spi-inc.org> Boston, Ma. 02117 USA