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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Unix or UNIX?
From:       "Malte S. Stretz" <msquadrat.nospamplease () gmx ! net>
Date:       2005-01-26 11:27:17
Message-ID: 200501261227.17636 () malte ! stretz ! eu ! org
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On Wednesday 26 January 2005 09:00 CET Triskelios wrote:
>[...]
> The platform in general is commonly called "Unix", but there should be no
> problems with using the name "UNIX" as referring to the target platform
> of applications software (as opposed to calling a specific OS "UNIX").

The lawyers may care, if the trademark is really "UNIX", not "Unix".  It's 
like "SPAM" vs. "Spam" -- Hormel forbids to use the former for anything not 
being "luncheon-meat" while the latter is ok for UBE.

Cheers,
Malte

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