Subject: Re: Walnut Creek and BSDI merged
To: None <netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 03/12/2000 00:04:38
In message <200003120318.TAA08743@vtn1.victoria.tc.ca>, John Nemeth writes:
>     I rather doubt that TNF of Theo have the money to fight a court
>battle; therefore, BSDI doesn't need to win a suit, they merely need to
>threaten.  Legal bullying is a common tactic.

I don't think they're that stupid.  :)

>     In any event, the press release simply said that BSD is a
>registered trademark.  It didn't say who owned it.  My guess would be
>UCB.

No, it's BSD, Inc., or whatever they're called these days.  Of course, that's
part of why I don't expect them to harass anyone; the trademark is probably
a little tenuous.

-s