From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 15:30:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 299DC1065676 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:30:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@vereshagin.org) Received: from mx1.skyriver.ru (ns1.skyriver.ru [89.108.118.221]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD2F8FC16 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:29:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (tor3.anonymizer.ccc.de [80.237.226.73]) by mx1.skyriver.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D4D6E5B6B for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:06:14 +0400 (MSD) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:29:42 +0400 From: Peter Vereshagin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110616152941.GL5630@external.screwed.box> References: <4DF9174F.50708@danskdatacenter.dk> <20110615210830.GB23541@gmail.com> <20110616125219.GK5630@external.screwed.box> <4DFA03A3.8090500@infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DFA03A3.8090500@infracaninophile.co.uk> Organization: ' X-Face: 8T>{1owI$Byj]]a; ^G]kRf*dkq>E-3':F>4ODP[#X4s"dr?^b&2G@'3lukno]A1wvJ_L(~u 6>I2ra/<,j1%@C[LN=>p#_}RIV+#:KTszp-X$bQOj,K Subject: Re: free sco unix X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:30:00 -0000 You can't take no for an answer, freebsd-questions! 2011/06/16 14:22:43 +0100 Matthew Seaman => 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