From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 16:12:41 +0200 In-Reply-To: <6AFB7F2F-D4F9-4579-903A-DF6394B97C31@9srv.net> References: <836eec6b1f8009ba1aeee8b198d88201@quintile.net>, <0b594562c2c0d89771f8df8b7399c08a@hamnavoe.com> <3d50c93d-aee6-4df5-9a59-469b01310578@ri8g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> <6AFB7F2F-D4F9-4579-903A-DF6394B97C31@9srv.net> User-Agent: rohrpost MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-Id: <20120514141510.9ACA218C766D@r-36.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Governance question??? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8b762a8a-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Greetings. On Mon, 14 May 2012 16:12:41 +0200 Anthony Sorace wrote: > But "Plan 9" often refers to the broader set of directly-derived > systems, like 9atom, 9front, and the two NIXes (at least). Each of > those has their own structure (you might say 9atom has the BDFL > you're looking for, 9front has a cabal, and the NIXes each have > partly-overlaping autonomous collectives). It's a wonderful mess. All mentioned words are part of the eternal fight between DP9IK and SP9SSS. As we all know is DP9IK winning. > Who handles legal issues? The answer's probably "nobody". Or > everyone handles their own. That's not an entirely good thing, but > it's certainly worked reasonably so far. We have been using 9front to design physical packages. Sincerely, Christoph Lohmann