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Date:      Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:51:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" <atf3r@cs.virginia.edu>
To:        FreeBSD commercial support <supporters@nanyang-computer.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: BSD copyrights 
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.96.980413124329.19329G-100000@mamba.cs.Virginia.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199804130939.CAA03635@implode.root.com>

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On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, David Greenman wrote:

> >Somebody suggested that BSD was a copyright of BSDI.
> 
>    It is. Their disclaimer is incomplete.
> 
> -DG

	BSDi didn't exist until well after "BSD UNIX" was in common usage
in the technical community and is commonly used today to refer to a
generic class of services and OS's.  Did BSDi buy "BSD" from UCB?

	Maybe I'm forgetting something, but isn't this the same situation
as nylons/stockings, xerox/photocopy, kleenex/facial tissue, etc.?  The
term predated BSDi and applies to a genneral class of software.  It seems
an untenable position to me.

	I'm not arguing that we have the resources to do anything about
it, but it doesn't seem like they can claim ownership either.  Which was
first out of the gate, 386BSD or BSD/386?  

	Adrian
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