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From: max@underg.UUCP (Max Cray)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,misc.int-property,
Subject: Re: Are you sure UNIX is a trade mark?
Message-ID: <3P6yqB2w164w@underg.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 02:11:37 EDT
References: <BRUNER.92Sep9085157@sp15.csrd.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Underground Computing Foundation
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bruner@sp15.csrd.uiuc.edu (John Bruner) writes:

> to any "UNIX-like" product.  To ensure that this does not happen AT&T
> must (and has) taken action to prevent BSDI from using the trademark
> in an inappropriate way.

But there is more to this than just the name right? I mean BSDI can
just change the name of its product to Berkley Operating System (BOS), or
something if that is all there is to it.

                                          -= Max =-
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