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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Why can't GNU systems, BSD systems, etc. be called "unix systems" in
> everyday conversational language?

Your tirade starts with an incorrect premise.  Trademark restrictions 
only apply to use of language in trade, not ordinary conversational 
language.  Feel free to use words like Unix, Xerox, and Band-Aid when 
talking casually.  But if you use them in ads, documentation, marketing 
collateral, etc. you must have the legal authorization.

-- 
Barry Margolin, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Arlington, MA
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