From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 25 17:33: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 763C514E5C for ; Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:33:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt8-216-180-15-141.dialup.HiWAAY.net [216.180.15.141]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id TAA28553; Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:32:48 -0600 (CST) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA52038; Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:32:38 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199902260132.TAA52038@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Igor Roshchin Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org From: David Kelly Subject: Re: FreeBSD [3.1] is Unix ??? (Was: Re: 3.1 Release splash image) In-reply-to: Message from Igor Roshchin of "Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:08:25 CST." <199902252308.RAA22574@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:32:38 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org (moved to -chat) Igor Roshchin writes: > > In reality FreeBSD is a true blue-blood Un*x system, traceable to the > > origins of Unix. [...] > > I know what FreeBSD is, and I refer to it as "Unix" between my > friends/colleagues and myself. However, if technically speaking it > is not Unix (TM) according to the current definition, - > it should not be called that way either on the official web-page, or > on the logo-s. That's why I spelled it "Un*x". And apparently a splash screen author did the same. In the past others have named their product, "Xinu" (Unix spelled backwords) to avoid the trademark issue. One thing about a trademark, if its used generically, and widely, and not actively defended by the trademark owners, then the courts will not honor the trademark and it reverts to the public domain. But first somebody has to get sued and fight back. I don't know anybody looking for a fight. Certainly not myself. "Unix" is a term widely used these days in context not refering to the trademark owner's property. One would stand a good chance of winning. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message