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To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com>
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Subject: Re: BSD copyrights 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 04:12:45 -0700
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>Because "BSD" doesn't unambiguously map to BSDI; because "BSD" does
>refer to a generic class of operating systems; and because BSDI
>has no visible record of tenaciously defending the letters "BSD"
>as its sole property (in the OS domain), trademark issues should
>not be a concern.

   You're welcome to your opinion, but BSD is nonetheless a trademark of
BSD, Inc., and we'll be respecting that.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project


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