Fwd: Re: CDROM-Artwork

[Peer Schaefer]

It's not only about UNIX(R). It's also about i386[tm], PowerPC(R) and 
such stuff. Almost all platform names (except "Alpha" and "AMD64") are 
trademarked.

I vote we wait and see what Deb finds out.

Peer

> 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
>>
>> -- 
>> Oliver Fromme,  secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing
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>>
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