So, I did a little research (FreeBSD handbook, Google, Wikipedia).
If I am not wrong, Alpha, AMD64, IA-64 and PC-98x1 are no trademarks at
all (somehow surprising, especially for AMD64). i386 and PowerPC are
trademarks or at least claimed as such (somehow questionable for "i386"
'cause numbers alone can't be trademarked and the leading "i" doesn't
make it a word). ARM, MIPS and UltraSPARC are registered trademarks.
That leads me to this list:
Alpha
AMD64
ARM(R)
i386[TM]
IA-64
MIPS(R)
PC-98x1
PowerPC[TM]
UltraSPARC(R)
Any vetos?
Peer
Hi Remko,
no, you are not nagging ;-) Feedback is always welcome, and thanks for
pointing at this important issue.
I don't agree with you fully, since I didn't USE the trademarks; I
only REFERRED to them. USING them would require a license; REFERRING
to them is free (disturbingly, REFERRING to a trademark -- in contrast
of USING it -- is called "fair use" in anglo-american law, which is
pretty silly since it is no "use"). If you REFER to a trademark you
may spell it differently (e.g. "Unix" in stead of "UNIX"), as long as
you don't degrade or disparage it. Even using the funny symbols (R)
and (TM) is not mandatory, as long as the context makes clear that you
don't claim the trademark to be your own or to be free.
But -- and now comes the important part -- we do use the (R) symbol
for "FreeBSD" itself. Not using it for the other trademarks in this
context might be misunderstood in claiming that they are free. THAT
could bring us into heavy trouble, so I think it's a good idea to
place a (R) resp. (TM) beneath the respecitve name. If we do THAT we
should spell the trademarks correctly, because with (R) resp. (TM) we
indicate that the actually used term is legally protected; and THIS is
only right for the correctly spelled trademark.
So, in the end, if nobody as another advice, I will modify the
processor-architecture trademarks to the "correct" spelling and add a
(R) resp. (TM). The aesthetic result doesn't make me happy, but Remko
is right I fear.
Best regards,
Peer
BTW: what about the FreeBSD website? Is there a specific "trademark
policy"? (not about "FreeBSD"[TM] itself but about the cited trademarks?)
Hello Peer,
You are doing a great job, so first of all a big thank you.
I read/looked at the images and they are great, but ofcourse i am the
nagging user :) and wanted to say, please look at the trademarks etc
for AMD64 for example, i think it is written uppercase and it might use
a AMD64[tm] or something from the AMD company. It could give you a lot
of problems if there are registered trademarks and you do not use them
(which is sad, but reality :( ).
Apart from that: GREAT keep it up!
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