Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:46:31 +0100 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml Message-ID: <20050106174631.GL801@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20050106171943.F1C3B5D07@ptavv.es.net> References: <20050106163511.GI801@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20050106171943.F1C3B5D07@ptavv.es.net>
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--cN519qCC4CN1mUcX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005.01.06 09:19:43 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:35:11 +0100 > > From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> > > Sender: owner-cvs-all@freebsd.org > >=20 > >=20 > > --1giRMj6yz/+FOIRq > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii > > Content-Disposition: inline > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >=20 > > On 2005.01.06 04:53:53 +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > keramida 2005-01-06 04:53:53 UTC > > >=3D20 > > > FreeBSD doc repository > > >=3D20 > > > Modified files: > > > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml=3D20 > > > Log: > > > Use a dash between "Unix" and "like" in "Unix-like", otherwise line > > > breaks may appear in quite surprising places, leaving "UNIX" on the > > > right edge of a line and "like" on the beginning of the next one, > > > which would look a bit funny. > >=20 > > This is unfortunatly a bad solution since the trademark requirements > > for "UNIX" explicitly state that merging the trademark with other > > words using hypens is not allowed. How about just using a > > instead? > >=20 > > Reference: http://www.unix.org/tmug2.pdf >=20 > As far as I know, the trade marked name is UNIX.=20 It is, and that is actually also what's being used (since that's what the &unix; entity generates, it was only the commit message that used mixed case. > "There is no logo for the UNIX trade mark and, other the]an the need for > the mark to always be reproduced in capitals, not specific form is > prescribed."=20 >=20 > I am not clear on whether it is legal to use Unix, but it is not the > trade marked name, so is probably no more correct than Unix-like. The > document never discusses the use of Unix, unix, or anything that is not > all caps. Indeed, using "UNIX" (with proper trademark symbol) is the correct way to refer to UNIX. It was changed to that all places (could of course have missed a few) on the FreeBSD web site and in the documentation about a year and a half ago, after a request from The Open Group. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --cN519qCC4CN1mUcX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB3Xl2h9pcDSc1mlERAidbAJ97s02rytbYOm+6ecUaaB01ykZMEwCfQtpn ELSVDeVM0xZHFOQVAKj5lBI= =ba8S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cN519qCC4CN1mUcX--
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