From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 06:58:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76BCB16A4B3 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 06:58:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from arthur.nitro.dk (port324.ds1-khk.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.113.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FDC743F75 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 06:58:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from simon@arthur.nitro.dk) Received: by arthur.nitro.dk (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 77C8E10BF8D; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:58:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:58:48 +0100 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" To: Ken Smith Message-ID: <20031027145846.GD420@arthur.nitro.dk> References: <20031026223044.GA13291@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <20031027115025.GA30221@perrin.nxad.com> <20031027134736.GC24973@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="P+33d92oIH25kiaB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031027134736.GC24973@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-docs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Darwin... X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:58:50 -0000 --P+33d92oIH25kiaB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2003.10.27 08:47:37 -0500, Ken Smith wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:50:25AM -0800, Hiten Pandya wrote: >=20 > > You might also need to add a copyright/registered entry or such. > > This should be done for things like Sun Solaris and any other > > commercial Operating System mentioned on the web site. I am > > sure the Microsoft Windows is already been done. Solaris and similar known trademarks should be marked up correctly, but of course I won't rule out that I might have missed some instances. > Thanks, I'll watch for that sort of stuff if/when browsing. > > I can't find a Trademark for Darwin but it looks like NetBSD has > a trademark registered. Though the place I was checking thinks I don't think it's registered, but they are in the process of registering it. > FreeBSD's Trademark is registered to Walnut Creek so I'm not sure > how accurate this is given Murray's fun with that. This is the I think that is still correct with the current status. (Since Walnut Creek is Wind River Systems, after BSDi bought Walnut Creek, and WRS bought BSDi.) > search tool I found: >=20 > http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=3Dsearchstr&state=3Dgeuq4q.1.1 Due to USPTO's use of sessions, that URL will only work a very short time (doesn't work now). > It says NetBSD is a Trademark of "NetBSD Foundation". > No records found for OpenBSD. > Lots of records found for Darwin but none that seem to apply to > the Darwin OS. Darwin doesn't appear on Apple's trademark list[1], so I don't think it is a trademark. BTW, also note that some trademarks (even registered trademarks) doesn't require you to use trademark symbols. [1] http://www.apple.com/legal/appletmlist.html --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --P+33d92oIH25kiaB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/nTKmh9pcDSc1mlERAvNwAJ44LM2EioKthUJ5KIB7HCL8vjf6/wCeIZOG mSbhpKocwwQzbBHiylL0TRY= =tGQx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --P+33d92oIH25kiaB--