From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 13 18:25:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA26530 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:25:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA26519 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:25:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.4/8.7.5) id TAA00780; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:24:47 -0700 (MST) From: Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199701140224.TAA00780@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Abmahnung To: grog@lemis.de Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:24:47 -0700 (MST) Cc: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199701130121.TAA00426@papillon.lemis.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Jan 12, 97 07:21:25 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk % Hmm? I read "Abmahnung" as 'dissuasion' or something similar implying a % warning away from something. > > No, it's an active legal term. There's a very good German word, > "Warnung", for what you're talking about. I don't think "Abmahnung" > has a translation because the action itself is so despicable. Knowing how Germanic roots work in English, the literal translation is probably "Admonition." It has the connotation of a warning (warnung) that borders on preaching or harping. > As if that weren't bad enough, the ostensible copyright infringement > is not even for the word Triton--it's something vaguely similar. He's > on very thin ice, and I'm surprised that no group has formed to > prosecute him. It probably wouldn't stand up in the USA, where a fairly direct conflict is required to prove trademark infringement. I've often wondered if I could make a fortune by buying a bunch of Geo Metros, knocking the badgework off, and re-marketing them as "MS-Car97." ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com