Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:42:56 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: ache@nagual.pp.ru (=?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?=) Cc: dg@root.com, chad@dcfinc.com, peter@spinner.dialix.com.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: *tetris* files removed from cvs repository... Message-ID: <199709111842.LAA25652@usr07.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970911180507.6661A-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net> from "=?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?=" at Sep 11, 97 06:11:46 pm
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> > It's possible that after the code has been sanitized of "tetris" that it
> > could come back under a different name. This will require source changes
> > and is not a concern right now, however. We were compelled to take immediate
> > action.
>
> I can take this "sanitizing" task. Could you please describe me
> (privately) your point of view on this process since you are more familiar
> with those trademark laws? Do you have any good name candidade to not
> break someone trademark again? :-)
We all know that what they really want is to stifle competition, since
they will never willing enter the UNIX market with a commercial product;
they want you to run DOS and use their DOS product instead. Jerks. I
suggest the following:
Rename the source file to "main.c" and the man source to main.6. Then,
in the Makefile:
PROG= newname
SRCS= main.c
...
CFLAGS+=-DPROGNAME=\"${PROG)\"
${PROG}.6: main.6
... sed main.6 with ${PROG} to create ${PROG}.6 ...
...So it's a one line change forever after.
PS: I'm partial to xtris. "tetris-like-game" is too much to type. 8-).
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.
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