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From: henry@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU (Henry Mensch)
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Subject: Re: UNIX Copyright rules for utility names ....
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Date: Tue, 26-Aug-86 15:47:48 EDT
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In article  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).



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