In article <MPG.2080b4aa4d32dc60989726@n...>,
Grant Robertson  <bogus@b...> wrote:

>> And Unix obviously isn't dead, because Linux is an implementation of
>> it.

>Now here is where you are flat wrong. Ask any Linux fan, especially Linus 
>Torvolds, and they will tell you that Linux is not UNIX. Linus replicated 
>the functionality of UNIX because that wasn't patented but he did not use 
>ANY of the UNIX source code. This is what allowed him to distribute it 
>under the GPL in the first place. 

He didn't use any of AT&T's code, but Unix is a generic term for a
family of operating systems, of which Linux is an example.  One of the
purported holders of the "UNIX" trademark might try to enforce their
trademark rights, but trademark law merely controls what terms can be
used in trade; it doesn't change the fact of the matter.  Fortunately
I am not engaged in selling operating systems so I can state the facts
without worrying about trademarks.

-- Richard

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