Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 19:47:34 -0800 From: Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: jbryant@tfs.net, Gary Kendall <gdk@ccomp.inode.COM> Subject: Re: mv /usr/src/games /dev/null - any objections? Message-ID: <199711050347.TAA08769@tnt.isi.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Nov 1997 20:24:11 EST." <345FCABB.C7F61219@kew.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Drew Derbyshire wrote: >Follow-ups deflected to chat on this tangent ... > >Ted Faber wrote: >> I don't think that's the mark of a sane society, but it's the way the >> law is written and is enforced. To protect their trademark from >> others they have to protect it from us. Xerox didn't and poof, xerox >> is an English word and 3M can include it in their adds. > >Last I knew, Xerox still defends it's quite valid trademark. Say Xerox >on TV when you mean 'photocopy' and if you're not using a Xerox (R) >copier, you get a phone call. From their lawyers. My bad. I had believed at one time that Xerox was in danger of losing its trademark because of lax enforcement (or so I had believed). Apparently, it's just the cannonical example of why one must enforce trademarks. Bad example, correct principle. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Faber faber@isi.edu USC/ISI Computer Scientist http://www.isi.edu/~faber (310) 822-1511 x190 PGP Key: http://www.isi.edu/~faber/pubkey.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNF/sVYb4eisfQ5rpAQGlBAP/SS2bq78p3N0xS0oshc0E86prF2j3Ee6K Wu2l90bs8bsjBzpXYOOOTY3SVolOejkpjyAG0XtkwDniS5Sbk6Idd44ku9y81O2A otMEuV793eRHBxvNSLdAMO09qiOI9LROBI8OplV3oc25s2MfwiNEDRTMITc/YGZm 9xw+mI/6niY= =RyZz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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