Fwd: Re: CDROM-Artwork

[Ceri Davies]

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 at lurza.secnetix.de>
> To: 	freebsd-advocacy at FreeBSD.ORG, peer.schaefer at hamburg.de, 
> www at FreeBSD.ORG, board at freebsdfoundation.org, deb at freebsdfoundation.org, 
> deb at 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
> 
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