From: Crossfire <xfire-9fans@xware.cx>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] "Plan 9 Linux"
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 06:37:42 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051108193742.GA10489@xware.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ee9e417a0511080718y3d0d9644pd41019243ef5a404@mail.gmail.com>
Russ Cox was once rumoured to have said:
> > Wow. At first I thought this was Linux with some Plan 9-like
> > extensions, but now it appears that this guy merely took the Plan 9 name
> > and slapped it on his distro because it sounds cool. I assume somebody
> > will be emailing him to stop?
>
> I emailed him. We'll see what happens. For those who are curious,
> Plan 9 really is a registered trademark of Bell Labs:
> http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=registration&entry=2065577&action=Request+Status
That logo he uses next to 'plan9' is also a registered trademark of
Canonincal (the company that 'owns' ubuntu).
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=j0fv6t.6.5
C.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-08 19:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-08 14:08 Christoph Lohmann
2005-11-08 15:15 ` John Floren
2005-11-08 15:18 ` Russ Cox
2005-11-08 19:37 ` Crossfire [this message]
2005-11-08 19:45 ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-11-08 20:09 ` Brantley Coile
2005-11-08 15:23 Trickey, Howard W (Howard)
2005-11-08 20:37 Skip Tavakkolian
2005-11-08 21:48 ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-11-08 23:16 ` Devon H. O'Dell
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