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From: matt@group-w.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: About the comp.unix.internals fluster
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Date: 12 Sep 90 14:36:50 GMT
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In-Reply-To: dricejb@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson drilex1)

) 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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Matt Crawford	     		matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu