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Re: GNU, the "UNIX" trademark, and legal control over language
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John Hasler |
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Re: GNU, the "UNIX" trademark, and legal control over language |
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Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:42:22 -0600 |
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mike3 writes:
> So then what is the point of contrivances like "Unix-like", "*nix",
> "UN*X", "*n*x", etc. that are used all over in discussion boards like
> this one, even though those discussions are often not for advertising or
> marketing a product?
"Unix-like" is simply descriptive. The others are generally the result of
people laboring under the delusion that trademark is copyright.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA