Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!ur-tut!ur-valhalla!badri From: badri@ur-valhalla.UUCP (Badri Lokanathan) Newsgroups: net.sources.d Subject: UNIX Copyright rules for utility names .... Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25-Aug-86 14:34:37 EDT Article-I.D.: ur-valha.783 Posted: Mon Aug 25 14:34:37 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 25-Aug-86 21:59:44 EDT Organization: EE VLSI Graduate Research Facility, UR, Rochester NY Lines: 11 Keywords: copyright,system V,BSD 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 -- "We fight for the right to be free |X| ARPA: ur-valhalla!badri@rochester.arpa We build our own society |X| UUCP: {bullwinkle,cmcl2,columbia,cornell, We - we will sing |X| harvard,ll-xn,nike,seismo,topaz} We will sing our own song." -UB40 |X| !rochester!ur-valhalla!badri