From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 22 14:09:19 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id OAA05657 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 14:09:19 -0800 Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA05649 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 14:09:14 -0800 Received: (from phk@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id OAA05446; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 14:07:11 -0800 From: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-Id: <199502222207.OAA05446@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: A "FreeBSD" Daemon To: roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier ROBERT) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 14:07:11 -0800 (PST) Cc: Piero@piero.inet.it, jmb@kryten.atinc.com, bugs@warlock.win.net, hackers@freefall.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: <9502222156.AA01591@blaise.ibp.fr> from "Ollivier ROBERT" at Feb 22, 95 10:56:21 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 878 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > There's another thing to think carefully of: in many countries > > (Italy for example) comparative advertising is not allowed. No > > matter if FreeBSD is not a commercial product, you cannot have > > its daemon break Windows' (tm) logo (or any other logo). > > Then what about the little things Mickeysoft hide under some special > combinations of keys or mouse clicks in Excel and Word (A Word > jumping on a 1/2/3 logo) or what did WordPerfect on the same line ? > > They were in the french versions as well and in France we don't have > comparative ads either. What are you waiting for, SUE THE BASTARDS ! :-) Actually I wish somebody would, it is interesting that MS belives they can break national law that way... -- Poul-Henning Kamp TRW Financial Systems, Inc. I am Pentium Of Borg. Division is Futile. You WILL be approximated.