Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 14:02:37 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Use of the UNIX Trademark Message-ID: <000001c14f73$651b3600$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <pc4rpckb4s.rpc@localhost.localdomain>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gary W. >Swearingen >Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 9:05 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Use of the UNIX Trademark > > >You wrote: > >> I think that something else too deserves to be stated here about TOG. > >Maybe, since you've worked these trademark issues before, you could >say how TOG (or trademark lawyers in general) react to the use of things >like "Unix-like", "Unixy", or "Un*x" in the same places they would >complain about the use of "Unix". Eg, on a FreeBSD-promoting web site, >or a FreeBSD-book-promoting web site, not necessarily FreeBSD.org. > >Ex: > >FreeBSD is a Unix(TM)-like OS. (with proper TM blurb at bottom, etc.) > This is incoddect because the TOG guidelines on their website) specifically prohibit UNIX as spelled Unix, it must be all caps. They prohibit Unix-like also. >FreeBSD is one of many free Unixy [or unixy] OSes. > not allowed as per TOG instructions. >FreeBSD is a near-clone of Un*x, evolving from a Un*x-branded code base. > I doubt TOG would care about this. It's too far away from UNIX to matter - they might squawk but Un*x is not a registered mark. (as of yet) Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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