Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/07/21/17:46:27
> From: Jeff Weeks <pweeks AT execulink DOT com>
> Peter Gerwinski wrote:
> >
> > Kevin Bagnall (umbagnal AT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca) wrote:
> > > It's like when you meet someone with the same name as yours and you say "hey!,
> > > you have the same name as me, that's so cool, meaningless, but cool!"
> >
> > If they make `Allegro' a trademark, this could become a problem.
> > The same happened for the `Spinner' WWW daemon which is now called
> > `Roxen', and somebody tried (is still trying?) the same for `Linux'.
>
> I don't think that'll be a problem. It's just a code name right? Win95
> was code named Chicago... they never used the name, or copyrighted it,
> as far as I know. Same with Copland and all those other code names.
> They're just temporary.
No, it's already happened to DJGPP. The "ladybug" debugger (ldbg) had
to be renamed because DEC already had a product called "ladybug" (it
was a debugger also). If you like your name, best to trademark it
ASAP.
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