Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 00:42:00 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com (Don Lewis) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, benco@pendor.McKusick.COM, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mv /usr/src/games /dev/null - any objections? Message-ID: <199711050042.RAA29621@usr02.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199711040423.UAA11047@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> from "Don Lewis" at Nov 3, 97 08:23:43 pm
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> } > adventure caesar fortune morse rain teachgammon > } > arithmetic canfield gomoku number random tetris > } > atc cfscores hack phantasia robots trek > } > backgammon chess hangman pig rogue wargames > } > banner cribbage hide pom rot13 worm > } > battlestar dm larn ppt sail worms > } > bcd factor mille primes snake wump > } > boggle fish monop quiz snscore > } > } Hmmm. I wouldn't be surprised if gomoku, phantasia (Disney) and trek > } were also slated for The Nasty Letter some time in the future. > > I'd add mille and monop to this list. Canfield also sounds like something > that would be trademarked. I suspect chess is safe. Why do the "onsey-twosey"? battlestar is a reference to BattleStar Galactica, and is a trademark of Universal Pictures boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers (just like the man page acknowledges) mille is a reference to Mille Bournes, a trademark of (I can find out if I have to...) monop is a reference to Monopoly, a trademark of Parker Brothers phantasia is a homonym for Fantasia, a trademark of Walt Disney Productions rogue is a character in "The X Men", and is a trademark of the Marvel Entrtainment Group tetris is a computer game, and is a trademark. trek is a reference to StarTrek, and is a trademark of Paramount. wargames is a movie title, and is a trademark of MGM/UA. yp is a trademark of British Telecom. Delete that, why don't you -- or rename it to NIS, a trademark of Sun Microsystems. Bah humbug. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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