Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!cca!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: TRS-80/Model 16 XENIX question - (nf) Message-ID: <341@ima.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 18:38:18 EDT Article-I.D.: ima.341 Posted: Wed Jun 15 18:38:18 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 17:44:52 EDT Lines: 17 #R:mcnc:-169200:ima:16900009:000:712 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.