From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 16 13:48: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from obie.softweyr.com (obie.softweyr.com [204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B63BB37B62B for ; Tue, 16 May 2000 13:48:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (ip43.salt-lake-city6.ut.pub-ip.psi.net [38.27.95.43]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA11147; Tue, 16 May 2000 14:47:37 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <3921B451.F4A4A2A8@softweyr.com> Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 14:49:21 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Stephenson Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Bob Bishop , "Robert A. Bruce" Subject: Re: Motif goes open source References: <4.3.1.2.20000515080753.00abfd70@gid.co.uk> <001e01bfbeba$370c2300$0200000a@grapevine.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sam Stephenson wrote: > > On Monday, May 15, 2000 at 03:09a, Bob Bishop wrote: > > > "The Open Group, a vendor and technology-neutral consortium dedicated to > > enterprise integration, announced today that it is releasing the source > > code of Motif, using a public license, to the Open Source community." > > > > Full details at http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif > > > > Check out the web page: > > "We want to support the momentum of Open Source operating systems such as > Linux(R) and FreeBSD by developing an Open Motif(R)..." > > and > > "UNIX and Motif are registered trademarks of The Open Group in the US and > other countries. The Open Group and the X Window System are trademarks of > The Open Group. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds." Sorry, it's not anymore. There are two registrations for the simple trademark "Linux", including: Rosch, AG (Swiss) for laundry detergents and laundry bleaches for home use; cleaning preparations for home use; degreasing preparations for home use; general purpose scouring powders; skin soap for personal use; perfume; essential oils for personal use; preparations for personal hygiene and cosmetic purposes, hair tonic; toothpaste. Croce, William R. Della, Jr., 33 Snow Hill St. Boston MA 02113 computer operating system software to facilitate computer use and operation. CHANGE IN REGISTRATION HAS OCCURRED. I prefer to use the first because it amuses me. > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe FreeBSD is a registered trademark > of some organization -- FreeBSD, Inc., Walnut Creek, or BSDI. Someone > should politely inform The Open Group of FreeBSD's trademark status. WALNUT CREEK CDROM, INCORPORATED 1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260 Walnut Creek CALIFORNIA 94596 I see no reason you shouldn't inform them yourself. Do you? http://trademarks.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/search4?ENG+3 -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message