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Date:      Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:35:09 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
Cc:        Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>, Katsushi Kobayashi <ikob@koganei.wide.ad.jp>, Toshihiko ARAI <toshi@jp.FreeBSD.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Firewire driver available
Message-ID:  <20010906103509.A11593@hollin.btc.adaptec.com>
In-Reply-To: <200109061555.f86FtHh54056@harmony.village.org>
References:  <20010906084640.A1267@laptop.6bone.nl> <bulk.14171.20010904161049@hub.freebsd.org> <200109060324.f863OvO52946.toshi@jp.FreeBSD.org> <3B96F0FF.91709AC4@koganei.wide.ad.jp> <200109061555.f86FtHh54056@harmony.village.org>

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On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 09:55:17AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <20010906084640.A1267@laptop.6bone.nl> Mark Santcroos writes:
> : On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 12:43:59PM +0900, Katsushi Kobayashi wrote:
> : > I believe the name iLink is not popular in outside of Japan.
> : 
> : AFAIK that is Sony's name for it.
> 
> IT is.  Firewire is Apple's name.

I believe that it is also an Apple trademark, that's why no one but Apple
sells 1394 components under the Firewire name.  Adopting the same name
could get FreeBSD into trouble irregardless of who works there.

Scott


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