From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 7 14: 2:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC1137B403 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2001 14:02:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f97L2c689508; Sun, 7 Oct 2001 14:02:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Gary W. Swearingen" Cc: Subject: RE: Use of the UNIX Trademark Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 14:02:37 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c14f73$651b3600$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gary W. >Swearingen >Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 9:05 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Use of the UNIX Trademark > > >You wrote: > >> I think that something else too deserves to be stated here about TOG. > >Maybe, since you've worked these trademark issues before, you could >say how TOG (or trademark lawyers in general) react to the use of things >like "Unix-like", "Unixy", or "Un*x" in the same places they would >complain about the use of "Unix". Eg, on a FreeBSD-promoting web site, >or a FreeBSD-book-promoting web site, not necessarily FreeBSD.org. > >Ex: > >FreeBSD is a Unix(TM)-like OS. (with proper TM blurb at bottom, etc.) > This is incoddect because the TOG guidelines on their website) specifically prohibit UNIX as spelled Unix, it must be all caps. They prohibit Unix-like also. >FreeBSD is one of many free Unixy [or unixy] OSes. > not allowed as per TOG instructions. >FreeBSD is a near-clone of Un*x, evolving from a Un*x-branded code base. > I doubt TOG would care about this. It's too far away from UNIX to matter - they might squawk but Un*x is not a registered mark. (as of yet) Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message