badri@ur-valhalla.UUCP (Badri Lokanathan) (08/25/86)
Does anybody know what the rules regarding names for utilities are? I
work in a BSD4.2 environment and have written something similar to
tput of system V. I was wondering if I could put it in public domain
under that name without infringing upon system V copyrights.
Badri Lokanathan
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In article <783@ur-valhalla.UUCP> badri@ur-valhalla.UUCP (Badri Lokanathan) writes: >Does anybody know what the rules regarding names for utilities are? I don't think that you should have a problem here, since names aren't copyrighted -- names are invariably service or trade marks and, as such, are *registered*. If AT&T wanted to prevent you from using their command names, they'd have to register each one (like they have registered the name Unix(tm) as a trade mark). I can write a book called "Gone with the Wind" and make a movie from the book without consequence (except for the horrible confusion, of course). -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Henry Mensch | Technical Writer | MIT/Project Athena henry@athena.mit.edu ..!mit-eddie!mit-athena!henry