Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:20:11 +0400 From: Peter Vereshagin <peter@vereshagin.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free sco unix Message-ID: <20110616182011.GO5630@external.screwed.box> In-Reply-To: <3d43539af0e60964a0406b8df304f16c.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> References: <4DF9174F.50708@danskdatacenter.dk> <4DFA03A3.8090500@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20110616152941.GL5630@external.screwed.box> <201106161154.06300.rsimmons0@gmail.com> <20110616162032.GN5630@external.screwed.box> <3d43539af0e60964a0406b8df304f16c.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com>
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You can't take no for an answer, freebsd-questions! 2011/06/16 13:36:32 -0400 Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> => To freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : DS> > RS> Copyright pertains to the source code. Trademark pertains to the use DS> > of DS> > RS> signs, symbols, names, logos, etc. DS> > DS> > Source code itself can have 'signs, symbols, names, logos, etc.' and DS> > consist in terms of its usability of them, doesn't it just use to? DS> > 'signs, symbols, names, logos, etc.' same way can have their source code DS> > and consist in terms of their usability of it, doesn't they just use to? DS> DS> Trademark is for 'this is made by me. I put my name on it.' Copyright is DS> for the content of a book/speech/whatever. But both are just words/phrases, right? How one can be sure the trademark is allowed to copy? It is a thing to be created. How one can be sure the copyrighted work itself is not a trademark? It can be that strange word the one suggested to rebrand Linux in this thread. Of course it doesn't sound to be a trademark yet so right now I can restrict its copyright. But years later it may happen to be a recognized brand and to be a trademark, right? ;-) There should be a threshold of "up to N bytes/characters it is a trademark, but more than it it is a work to be copyrighted', right? DS> 'Trademark' is a _maker's mark._ The point is not encouraging the DS> creation of works (like copyright): The point is so that a maker/seller so 'Trademark' is ought to be nothing creative? But companies use to spend a lots to invent them... DS> can build a reputation with their customers. DS> DS> They are very different in terms, uses, and requirements. In theory it is DS> possible to hold both a trademark and a copyright on the same thing, but DS> it is hard. (You will likely fail applicability tests for one or the DS> other.) It is of course possible to put a trademark on something you've DS> copyrighted, so people know who created it. DS> DS> Daniel T. Staal DS> DS> --------------------------------------------------------------- DS> This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you DS> are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use DS> the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will DS> expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, DS> whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of DS> local copyright law. DS> --------------------------------------------------------------- DS> DS> _______________________________________________ DS> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list DS> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions DS> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" 73! Peter pgp: A0E26627 (4A42 6841 2871 5EA7 52AB 12F8 0CE1 4AAC A0E2 6627) -- http://vereshagin.org
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