From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 23 15:00:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEEA016A40F; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:00:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from thin.berklix.org (thin.berklix.org [194.246.123.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05C6143D73; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:00:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A64C8.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.100.200]) (authenticated bits=128) by thin.berklix.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k9NF0Vvm013109; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:00:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from fire.jhs.private (fire.jhs.private [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9NF0Vln016929; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:00:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from fire.jhs.private (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.jhs.private (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9NF0VRo029007; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:00:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.jhs.private) Message-Id: <200610231500.k9NF0VRo029007@fire.jhs.private> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, deb@freebsdfoundation.org, deb@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <200610230944.k9N9i3mJ043211@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200610230944.k9N9i3mJ043211@lurza.secnetix.de> Comments: In-reply-to Oliver Fromme message dated "Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:44:03 +0200." Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:00:31 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:03:21 +0000 Cc: board@freebsdfoundation.org, peer.schaefer@hamburg.de, Oliver Fromme , www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CDROM-Artwork X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:00:56 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > Deb Goodkin wrote: > > [...] > > 2. In the description on the back of the DVD case and CD sleeve, only > > use the "r in circle" for the first use of the FreeBSD mark. You can > > probably do the same with Unix. > > No, that will be insufficient. It is required to add an > attribution, according to The Open Group which is the owner > of the UNIX trademark. Note that it has to be spelled > "UNIX" (all upper case); any other spellings ("Unix", > "unix", "UN*X" etc) are considered an infringment of the > trademark, except in private communications. > > I know a company who once had legal trouble with The Open > Group because of incorrect usage of the UNIX trademark on > their web pages. So this should be taken serious. > > The Open Group has a detailed explanation of the usage > guidelines for their trademarks (including UNIX) here: > > http://www.opengroup.org/registration/tmug.pdf > > There's also a quick and simple overview here: > > http://www.opengroup.org/trademarks.htm > > Best regards > Oliver To confirm upper case: Bell Systems Technical Journal July-Aug 1978 Vol 57, No 6, Part 2, Page 1899 has it all capitals. All through the book, the .rof macro generating the automatic footer does it as caps. Bell sold Unix through a tedious chain of companies to whoever owns it this week. Whether trademark & the code copyright were always sold in strict tandem I never bothered to track. There were also the leaked Lyons V6 books & things such as the SUID patent that moved asynchronously from Bell straight to public domain. Heaven protect us from `rights' nightmares, especially software patents nightmares of the future ! -- Julian Stacey. BSD Unix C Net Consultancy, Munich/Muenchen http://berklix.com Mail Ascii, not HTML. Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. http://berklix.org/free-software