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Date:      Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:22:35 +0100
From:      Chris Zumbrunn <chris@czv.com>
To:        freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD trademark status
Message-ID:  <ef801b5f5cc7754858290ee92764be02@czv.com>
In-Reply-To: <56478844.20050214015516@wanadoo.fr>
References:  <56478844.20050214015516@wanadoo.fr>

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On Feb 14, 2005, at 1:55 AM, Anthony Atkielski wrote:

> Notice that the registered trademark covers only an "archive of 
> computer
> programs" on CD-ROM.  It says nothing about an operating system.  This
> means that someone can still use the FreeBSD mark to designate an
> operating system as a separate trademark.  I wonder why such a
> restrictive scope was given to the original trademark.  Was FreeBSD
> already a complete operating system in 1993?

The FreeBSD foundation is updating this to reflect the current use.

/czv



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