From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 17 04:23:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB16B106564A for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:23:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Received: from feeder.usenet4all.se (1-1-1-38a.far.sth.bostream.se [82.182.32.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 374998FC13 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:23:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kw.homeip.net (c80-217-64-49.bredband.comhem.se [80.217.64.49]) by feeder.usenet4all.se (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p5H4NRjJ098974; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:23:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Message-ID: <4DFAD6BF.5070307@bah.homeip.net> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:23:27 +0200 From: Bernt Hansson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; sv-SE; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110508 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Staal References: <4DF9174F.50708@danskdatacenter.dk> <4DFA03A3.8090500@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20110616152941.GL5630@external.screwed.box> <201106161154.06300.rsimmons0@gmail.com> <20110616162032.GN5630@external.screwed.box> <3d43539af0e60964a0406b8df304f16c.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <3d43539af0e60964a0406b8df304f16c.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free sco unix X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:23:32 -0000 2011-06-16 19:36, Daniel Staal skrev: > > On Thu, June 16, 2011 12:20 pm, Peter Vereshagin wrote: >> You can't take no for an answer, freebsd-questions! >> 2011/06/16 11:54:05 -0400 Robert Simmons => To >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : >> RS> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright >> RS> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark >> >> I'll surely will when I'll have some to trade ;-) >> >> RS> Copyright pertains to the source code. Trademark pertains to the use >> of >> RS> signs, symbols, names, logos, etc. >> >> Source code itself can have 'signs, symbols, names, logos, etc.' and >> consist in terms of its usability of them, doesn't it just use to? >> 'signs, symbols, names, logos, etc.' same way can have their source code >> and consist in terms of their usability of it, doesn't they just use to? > > Trademark is for 'this is made by me. I put my name on it.' Copyright is > for the content of a book/speech/whatever. > > 'Trademark' is a _maker's mark._ The point is not encouraging the > creation of works (like copyright): The point is so that a maker/seller > can build a reputation with their customers. > > They are very different in terms, uses, and requirements. In theory it is > possible to hold both a trademark and a copyright on the same thing, but > it is hard. (You will likely fail applicability tests for one or the > other.) It is of course possible to put a trademark on something you've > copyrighted, so people know who created it. > > Daniel T. Staal Unless you work the trademark in you have to pay to register the name. Copyright you get without registration and without payment, and one can't give it up.