From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 19 03:23:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA26134 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 03:23:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shrimp.dataplex.net (shrimp.dataplex.net [208.2.87.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA26077; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 03:23:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rkw@dataplex.net) Received: from [208.2.87.4] (user4.dataplex.net [208.2.87.4]) by shrimp.dataplex.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA20953; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 05:23:29 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: rkw@mail.dataplex.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199802191054.DAA24684@usr07.primenet.com> References: from "Richard Wackerbarth" at Feb 19, 98 04:29:11 am Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 05:06:12 -0600 To: Terry Lambert From: Richard Wackerbarth Subject: Re: Heads up: src/games/boggle (tm) will soon be removed from Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 4:54 AM -0600 2/19/98, Terry Lambert wrote: >> In the case of "Adaptec", etc. I am certain that we would be willing to >> add the usual line that acknowledges it to be the trademark of Adaptec, >>Inc., >> a California Corporation. > >An operating system went to see a lawyer for a checkup. > >The lawyer said "Well, I have some bad news; you're going to die". > >"Jesus (Monroy)!", said the OS, "Isn't there anything I can do?". > >"Well", said the lawyer, "you could delete Tetris..." > >"But counselor!", said the OS, "I already deleted Tetris!" > >"Well", said the lawyer, "You could delete Boggle..." > >"But counselor!", said the OS, "I already deleted Boggle!" > >"Well", said the lawyer, "You could delete all your other games..." > >"But counselor!", said the OS, "I already deleted all the other games!" > >So there was the OS: a sinking ship with no baggage to throw overboard. Terry - I happen to agree with you that rather than removing the functional (notice that I did not say UTILITARIAN) code, we should change the offending spelling. At the same time, I am pointing out that your other "examples" are just red herring. In the latter case, we ARE using the trademark of another corporation. However, we are doing so in a non-infringing manner and all that it is necessary to do is acknowledge that it is their trademark. Richard Wackerbarth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message