NetBSD Trademark Application Completed

Daniel de Kok writes "The NetBSD Foundation is proud to announce that it has registered the ``NetBSD®'' trademark. The foundation would like to thank Jay Michaelson (Wasabi Systems) for filing the application and providing answers to the US Patent Office, and Carl Oppedahl (Oppedahl & Larson) for giving advice and keeping the Foundation informed about the process. An official policy on the use of the NetBSD® trademark is currently being drafted and will be made public soon."

How long...

[Anonymous Coward]

...till Lindows trys to release LetBSD?

Wot? Includin' t' ® (R) symbol as well?

[Anonymous Coward]

Doesn't the ® (R) symbol signify that the text before is registered ... it sounds like they've registered "NetBSD®" as a trademark ... making it NetBSD®® hehehe

*BSD Anthem: Last Disk

[Anonymous Coward]

[to the tune of Last Kiss by pearl jam]

Oh where, oh where is my BSD?
I just loaded it yesterday.
It's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good,
So I can see the OS when I leave this world.

I'd started to load it in my roommate's Dell,
the hard drive was taking it pretty well.
During the load, it crashed the heads,
the distro was stalled, *BSD was dead.
I couldn't stop, so I yanked the cord.
I'll never forget, the sound , oh Lord--
the screamin' drives, the speaker's blast,
the painful scream that I-- heard last.

Oh where, oh where is my *BSD?
That load took it away from me.
It's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good,
So I can see *BSD when I leave this world.

When I woke up, the sparks were pourin down.
There were admins standin all around.
Some fragments of chips gotten in my eyes,
but somehow I found my *BSD that night.
I lifted the CD, the devil winked and said,
"Load me darlin just a little while."
I held it close, I kissed the label--our last kiss.
I found the love that i knew i had missed
well now it's gone, even I loaded it right
I lost my *BSD and the Dell-- that night.

Oh where, oh where is my *BSD?
I tried to load it yesterday.
It's gone to heaven so I've got to be good,
So I can see *BSD when I leave this world.

In other news...

[Ckwop]

Slashdot gets sued for trademark infringement..

hehe

Si.

It's about time

[Anonymous Coward]

Now they can sue away all the other BSDs and make them change their names to firefox or something.

Hahahahah BSD BSD PEE EFF PEE

Huh?

[jabbadabbadoo]

They registered ``NetBSD®'' ???

Oh no, they should have registed ``NetBSD'' instead.

Everyone knows the patent office is...

[exp(pi*sqrt(163))]

..understaffed and underqualified. There's probably loads of prior art. I bet there are everything from cereals to tampons already called NetBSD. You mark my words!

This Gives Me An Idea!

[Goo.cc]

I think that I am going to rush out and trademark "BSD Is Dying", that way I prevent usage of that term on troll /. posts! Patent office, here I come!

Yep, see here

[RAMMS+EIN]

new logo [netbsd.org].

(note the date of that post)

Re:wait

[sporty]

Windows haters that think its unchanged since the broken Windows 95 systems they last used.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad nues but... ;)

Do they really expect us to remember the Ascii #s?

[bfg9000]

Damn®. Being Politically Correct®" and using all those Godawful Stupid Symbols® is F**king Irritating®.

What to do with the trademark?

[markhb]

Add it to the license!

3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed and originally released under the NetBSD® trademark.

;-)