[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Do you like to ignore that my compare is genric and thus correctly using > > the name and that it is 20 years older than imagemagick? > > "compare" as a word dates back to probably 1000BC when the latin language > developed. Its use in english is post-norman, though, being imported from > french, but even that makes the english word almost thousand years old.
This does not apply to our computer enviromnent. > What, except a) that I was tortured with Latin in school, and b) that I > can sound quite patronizing if I chose to, does that prove ? > > Generic words can't be trademarked. That's why everyone can call their > stuff "Windows", Microsoft lost a corresponding lawsuit a few years ago. > You chose a simple english word, you can't claim exclusive rights to it. This is not a trademark problem but a name clash problem. We did have a long discussion in the arc mailing list and agreed not to put names into /usr/bin that would cause name clashes. For this reason, the "compare" from imagemagick either needs to be renamed or it needs to be put into a different directory. Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org