Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 09:11:37 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Diana <deichert@wrench.com> Cc: Das Devaraj <das@netcom.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD UNIX? Message-ID: <19980117091137.28215@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980116073927.26447C-100000@ts.shopnet.com>; from Diana on Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 07:41:47AM -0700 References: <Pine.3.89.9801151337.A21235-0100000@netcom18> <Pine.BSF.3.91.980116073927.26447C-100000@ts.shopnet.com>
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On Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 07:41:47AM -0700, Diana wrote: > Question, why was this posted to more than one group? Good question. I took -isp off my original reply. > On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Das Devaraj wrote: > >> happened after the UNIX name was bought from AT&T by Novell (is >> it public domain now?) > > Novell then re-sold to SCO. It's not as simple as that. It seems that the sources, the licencing rights and the trademark went separate ways. To quote: UNIX is a registered trademark of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc., under control of The Open Group. It's a complicated thing, but USL never actually gave or sold the trademark, they just allowed X/Open to allow third parties to use it as X/Open's discretion. You should be able to find more information in the Open Group's web pages, if you're interested. Greg
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