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Subject: Re: TRS-80/Model 16 XENIX question - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 18:38:18 EDT
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ima!johnl    Jun 15 12:52:00 1983

It seems that when Bell licenses you the Unix software, they are not
licensing the name "Unix."  Legally, anybody who resells it is supposed
to call it something else, which is why you have such systems as IS/3,
Xenix, Onix, and so forth, all of which are Genuine Bell.  It is
perfectly legitimate to say "derived from the Unix system", "licensed by
AT&T," and so forth.

There are certainly some smaller companies that call their sublicensed
Unix "Unix" without qualification.  Bell will probably get on their case
sooner or later, particularly if they ever get into serious end-user
sales.

John Levine, decvax!yale-co!jrl, ucbvax!cbosgd!ima!johnl,
{research|allegra|floyd|amd70}!ima!johnl, Levine@YALE.ARPA.