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Re: Write after approval - processed by "None".

On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 09:54:09PM -0500, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>James E Wilson writes:
>
>> On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 17:48, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>> > All true, but I want to note that the preferred non-GNU name is
>> > sourceware.org.
>> 
>> What about the trademark status?  Last I heard, the trademark holder had
>> asked us to stop using the name.  That is when and why the machine got
>> renamed away from sourceware.org.  I have been careful not to use the
>> sourceware name since.  The sourceware.org name was kept for
>> convenience, but wasn't supposed to be advertised.  Did this trademark
>> issue ever get resolved?
>
>Back in 1997, they asked Cygnus to stop using the term sourceware to
>describe Cygnus's products.  I can't remember whether Cygnus changed
>the machine name from sourceware.cygnus.com to sources.cygnus.com, or
>whether the change happened after the Red Hat purchase.

It happened after the Red Hat purchase.

cgf
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