Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:26:31 -0700 From: Deb Goodkin <deb@freebsd.org> To: Peer Schaefer <peer.schaefer@hamburg.de> Cc: deb@freebsdfoundation.org, www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: CDROM-Artwork Message-ID: <454A5477.1090503@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <454A3073.5010503@hamburg.de> References: <453C9732.5030602@hamburg.de> <20061102173637.GI41596@submonkey.net> <454A3073.5010503@hamburg.de>
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Dear Peer,
I'm sorry this is taking so long. We are not getting a response from our
lawyer. It is a problem we have been experiencing for the last few
months that we need to address. The foundation has an internal
discussion going on too. I will try to have a response by the end of the
weekend.
Sincerely,
Deb
Peer Schaefer wrote:
> It's not only about UNIX(R). It's also about i386[tm], PowerPC(R) and
> such stuff. Almost all platform names (except "Alpha" and "AMD64") are
> trademarked.
>
> I vote we wait and see what Deb finds out.
>
> Peer
>
>> 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,
>>>
>>> I am not happy about this. If Oliver is right, we should include
>>> attributions for all used trademarks, which would make the footer
>>> pretty large. If that's legally required, may it be, but it's more
>>> and more pain.
>>>
>>> But I need clear guidelines of what to do. I will not make any
>>> further changes until this issue is discussed and settled.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Peer
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- 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,
>>> www@FreeBSD.ORG, board@freebsdfoundation.org,
>>> deb@freebsdfoundation.org, deb@FreeBSD.ORG
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Deb Goodkin wrote:
>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>> 2. In the description on the back of the DVD case and CD sleeve,
>>>> only use the "r in circle" for the first use of the FreeBSD mark.
>>>> You can probably do the same with Unix.
>>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> The Open Group has a detailed explanation of the usage
>>> guidelines for their trademarks (including UNIX) here:
>>>
>>> http://www.opengroup.org/registration/tmug.pdf
>>>
>>> There's also a quick and simple overview here:
>>>
>>> http://www.opengroup.org/trademarks.htm
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Oliver
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> "The last good thing written in C was
>>> Franz Schubert's Symphony number 9."
>>> -- Erwin Dieterich
>>>
>>>
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