About the comp.unix.internals fluster

Matt Crawford matt at group-w.uchicago.edu
Thu Sep 13 00:36:50 AEST 1990


) Use of Unix as a noun is an encroachment on AT&T's trademark, ...

We who are not in the business of selling a derivative of the unix(tm)
brand operating system can use the word any way we please.  For
instance, in my DNS records, I label any OS that ends with an X as
"unix."  I may get a letter someday from AT&T's lawayers, but I don't
think they have a cause of action.
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