Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 11th Jun 2003 21:39 UTC
Apple Computer is being sued by The Open Group, the San Francisco company that claims ownership of the Unix trademark, for using the term Unix in conjunction with its Mac OS X operating system without a license. Apple has countersued, asking a judge to declare that the trademark is invalid, because the term Unix has become generic. This legal battle, though separate from SCO's recent claim that Linux uses copyrighted Unix source code, adds further fire to the debate over the custody of Unix--the 30 plus-year old OS originally developed by AT&T.
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"The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system."
From the OpenBSD site
"NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable UNIX-like operating system available for many platforms"
From the NetBSD site
"FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible, DEC Alpha, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC architectures. It is derived from BSD UNIX, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley."
From the FreeBSD site
Apple had valid patents on the design of said computer. OG is picking and choosing who they want to go after for subjective reasons... Trademarks cannot be enforced subjectively. This lacks honor as they are going after the deepest pockets for emphasizing and popularizing the strengths of UNIX.