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From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>
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To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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	Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it>,
	Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Use of the UNIX Trademark [was:] Correction
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:

> Dag-Erling Smorgrav said on Oct 11, 2001 at 13:13:35:
> > Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> writes:
> > > Rahul Siddharthan said on Oct 10, 2001 at 23:35:39:
> > > > knockoffs.  Of course, food recipes and clothing designs are
> > > > protected by copyright, and never have been.
> > > Are *not* protected by copyright, I meant.
> >
> > Yes, I believe they are, but the processes they describe aren't, so
> > you can publish a cookbook with recipes you collected from other
> > cookbooks as long as you rewrite them in your own words.
>
> That was the point: the dish prepared by the cordon bleu chef is not
> copyrighted.  Whereas, Mickey Mouse is; you can't retell the cartoon
> story in your own words; you can't even use the Mickey Mouse
> character.
>
> In the context of patents, it's the argument of product patent versus
> process patent.  Countries like India have long allowed process
> patents on pharmaceuticals (like copyrighting the recipe), but WTO
> rules mandate product patents (like copyrighting the dish).
So here we really returned to our UN*X-problem.

Ted means the  process of programming when he talks about
UNIX, TOG means a product-specification.
And the latter is patented.

Uli.


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