free sco unix

[Peter Vereshagin]

You can't take no for an answer, freebsd-questions!
2011/06/16 14:22:43 +0100 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> => To freebsd-questions at freebsd.org :
MS> > CB> FreeBSD is a UNIX-like clone, which is indeed free, whereas UNIX is 
MS> > CB> still the proprietary property of AT&T/Bell Labs.
MS> > 
MS> > unix is a trademark of novell.com.
MS> 
MS> Unix (note capitalization) is actually a trademark of the Open Group:
MS> http://www.unix.org/

But not of AT&T/Bell Labs.

MS> It's been owned by them for more than ten years, but it was passed
MS> around between various owners quite a bit before that.

There should be a difference recognized between "own a Unix trademark" by
http://www.unix.org/trademark.html and "ownership of the Unix copyrights" by
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100330152829622  where I'm pass.

Lawyers are so lawyers ;-)

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