Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:29:42 +0400 From: Peter Vereshagin <peter@vereshagin.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free sco unix Message-ID: <20110616152941.GL5630@external.screwed.box> In-Reply-To: <4DFA03A3.8090500@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4DF9174F.50708@danskdatacenter.dk> <20110615210830.GB23541@gmail.com> <20110616125219.GK5630@external.screwed.box> <4DFA03A3.8090500@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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You can't take no for an answer, freebsd-questions! 2011/06/16 14:22:43 +0100 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> => To freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : MS> > CB> FreeBSD is a UNIX-like clone, which is indeed free, whereas UNIX is MS> > CB> still the proprietary property of AT&T/Bell Labs. MS> > MS> > unix is a trademark of novell.com. MS> MS> Unix (note capitalization) is actually a trademark of the Open Group: MS> http://www.unix.org/ But not of AT&T/Bell Labs. MS> It's been owned by them for more than ten years, but it was passed MS> around between various owners quite a bit before that. There should be a difference recognized between "own a Unix trademark" by http://www.unix.org/trademark.html and "ownership of the Unix copyrights" by http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100330152829622 where I'm pass. Lawyers are so lawyers ;-) 73! Peter pgp: A0E26627 (4A42 6841 2871 5EA7 52AB 12F8 0CE1 4AAC A0E2 6627) -- http://vereshagin.org
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