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Subject:Re: UN*X Help From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- MARVIN -dot- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 18 Jun 1998 12:07:32 -0700
Scott Miller wrote:
>
> Since UNIX is a trademarked name, the original intent was to avoid
> having to add the annoying "TM," as in "UNIX (TM)." Either copyright
> laws have changed, or this was a myth to begin with, but now it's
> supposed to be OK to write "UNIX." The convention persists either out of
> habit, or, some suggest, as a religious effort similar to those who are
> forbidden from uttering the name of God.
>
I work for a company that has to reference UNIX in our documentation
quite a bit, and we are required to show a circle-R registered
trademark symbol at first usage and to put the following on
our copyright page:
UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other
countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd.
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