| Lists: | spi-general |
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| From: | Russell Brady <brady2(at)apple(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Marcelo E(dot) Magallon" <mmagallo(at)efis(dot)ucr(dot)ac(dot)cr>, "Tor Slettnes" <tor(at)slett(dot)net> |
| Cc: | <spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org>, "Staci Sheppard" <sheppard(at)apple(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Apple claims "Open Source" trademark |
| Date: | 1999-03-18 00:01:22 |
| Message-ID: | 199903172356.PAA19212@scv4.apple.com |
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>[I'm keeping the Cc: to the Apple people]
>
>On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 12:24:54PM -0800, Tor Slettnes wrote:
>
>> If you read the press release,
>>
http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CnU3LubWbu0zuvta4o&FQ=Linux&SymH
>>
>> you will see towards the bottom:
>> "Open Source is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc."
>
>In good faith, I think that's a typo. It actually reads:
>
> NOTE: Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac OS, Power Macintosh and
> WebObjects are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Open Source
> is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
>
>I don't see a reason why "Apple Computer, Inc." should be mentioned twice.
>It would be interesting to know what they intended to write there...
>"Software in the Public Interest"? I hope.
>
>
> Marcelo Magallon
Marcelo
yes -- it was a typo. The correct release was issued over the wire and
is now on our website...sorry for any confusion caused.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/1999/mar/16opensource.html
best regards
Russell
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