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Re: Changes in formal naming for NetBSD porting effort(s)



On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 15:15, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org> writes:
> 
> > http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wnp
> > 	Several categories of material are generally not eligible for
> > 	federal copyright protection. These include among others:
> >
> > 	Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols
> > 	or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation,
> > 	lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents"
> 
> Some of these can be registered as trademarks, and hence also be
> subject to violation.

Sure, but that's not copyright. Trademarks aren't by default, must be
defended, are domain-specific, etc. I don't think any of those
characters are trademarked (ever seen a trademark notice in a Tolkien
book?). Easy enough to check before using them, too.

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