Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:36:37 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Peer Schaefer <peer.schaefer@hamburg.de> Cc: deb@freebsdfoundation.org, www@FreeBSD.ORG, deb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: CDROM-Artwork Message-ID: <20061102173637.GI41596@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <453C9732.5030602@hamburg.de> References: <453C9732.5030602@hamburg.de>
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I vote that we call the Open Group and take the word Unix or anything
like it out.
Ceri
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 12:19:30PM +0200, Peer Schaefer wrote:
> Hi Deb,
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> I am not happy about this. If Oliver is right, we should include=20
> attributions for all used trademarks, which would make the footer pretty=
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> large. If that's legally required, may it be, but it's more and more pain.
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> But I need clear guidelines of what to do. I will not make any further=20
> changes until this issue is discussed and settled.
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> Best regards,
> Peer
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> -------- Original-Message --------
> About: Re: CDROM-Artwork
> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:44:03 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, peer.schaefer@hamburg.de,=20
> www@FreeBSD.ORG, board@freebsdfoundation.org, deb@freebsdfoundation.org,=
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> deb@FreeBSD.ORG
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> Deb Goodkin wrote:
> > [...]
> > 2. In the description on the back of the DVD case and CD sleeve, only=
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> > use the "r in circle" for the first use of the FreeBSD mark. You can=20
> > probably do the same with Unix.
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> No, that will be insufficient. It is required to add an
> attribution, according to The Open Group which is the owner
> of the UNIX trademark. Note that it has to be spelled
> "UNIX" (all upper case); any other spellings ("Unix",
> "unix", "UN*X" etc) are considered an infringment of the
> trademark, except in private communications.
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> I know a company who once had legal trouble with The Open
> Group because of incorrect usage of the UNIX trademark on
> their web pages. So this should be taken serious.
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> The Open Group has a detailed explanation of the usage
> guidelines for their trademarks (including UNIX) here:
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> http://www.opengroup.org/registration/tmug.pdf
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> There's also a quick and simple overview here:
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> http://www.opengroup.org/trademarks.htm
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> Best regards
> Oliver
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> Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing
> Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd
> Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author
> and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way.
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> "The last good thing written in C was
> Franz Schubert's Symphony number 9."
> -- Erwin Dieterich
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That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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