From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 20 12:47:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA02744 for current-outgoing; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:47:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA02739 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:47:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA11200; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 15:47:32 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 15:47:32 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9603202047.AA11200@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: KATO Takenori Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: comment for CPU_686 in cputypes.h In-Reply-To: <199603201952.EAA01318@marble.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp> References: <199603201952.EAA01318@marble.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > In /sys/i386/include/cputypes.h, comment for CPU_586 is: > /* P.....m (I hate lawyers; It's TM) */ > but that for CPU_686 is: > /* Pentium Pro */ > It is not consistent with the comment for CPU_586. > Is using TM in source code illegal? I hope the answer, NO. No, not at all. Unless you are competing against the trademark owner, you don't even have to give recognition to the mark (although their lawyers are certainly entitled to ask you to do so). -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant