From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 5 2:39:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailgate.rdg.opengroup.org (mailgate.rdg.opengroup.org [192.153.166.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E066C37B409 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 02:39:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mailgate.rdg.opengroup.org; id AA29979; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 09:39:59 GMT Received: from slip139-92-229-252.war.uk.prserv.net [139.92.229.252] by smtp.opengroup.org via smtpd V1.38 (00/07/25 13:18:13) for ; Fri Oct 05 10:39 BST 2001 Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20011005104743.00a097e0@mailhome.rdg.opengroup.org> X-Sender: morag@mailhome.rdg.opengroup.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 11:05:08 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Morag Nunn Subject: Use of the UNIX Trademark Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_5398303==_.ALT" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=====================_5398303==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sirs, You may not be aware that we, X/Open Company Limited (trading as The Open Group) own the UNIX Trademark and therefore enjoy exclusive rights to its use. It has come to our attention that your website contains references to UNIX, such as "FreeBSD is an advanced BSD UNIX operating system..." and "...Free BSD (is) a very economical alternative to commercial UNIX workstations." Any use of our trademark on or in connection with a product is only permissable if such a product is registered with us as conformant to the Single UNIX Specification, and FreeBSD is not so registered. We encourage the correct use of the UNIX trademark in accordance with The Open Group's Trademark Usage Guide, and a copy of this can be found on our website URL http:www.opengroup.org/trademarks.htm. Once you have had an opportunity to review the guide, we trust you will take the necessary steps to correct your website so as to avoid infringement of our rights. Kindly confirm to us when you have made the changes. Yours faithfully, Morag Nunn (Mrs) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, MORAG NUNN T H E Reading, UK, RG1 1AX O P E N E-Mail: m.nunn@opengroup.org TRADEMARKS PORTFOLIO G R O U P WWW: www.opengroup.org MANAGER UNIX and the "X device" are registered trademarks, and The Open Group is a trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --=====================_5398303==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Sirs,

You may not be aware that we, X/Open Company Limited (trading as The Open Group) own the UNIX Trademark and therefore enjoy exclusive rights to its use. It has come to our attention that your website contains references to UNIX, such as "FreeBSD is an advanced BSD UNIX operating system..." and "...Free BSD (is) a very economical alternative to commercial UNIX workstations."

Any use of our trademark on or in connection with a product is only permissable if such a product is registered with us as conformant to the Single UNIX Specification, and FreeBSD is not so registered. We encourage the correct use of the UNIX trademark in accordance with The Open Group's Trademark Usage Guide, and a copy of this can be found on our website URL http:www.opengroup.org/trademarks.htm.

Once you have had an opportunity to review the guide, we trust you will take the necessary steps to correct your website so as to avoid infringement of our rights. Kindly confirm to us when you have made the changes.

Yours faithfully,

Morag Nunn (Mrs) 

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G R O U P       WWW: www.opengroup.org          MANAGER


UNIX and the "X device" are registered trademarks, and The Open Group is a
trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries.
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