Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 17:45:00 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <199707212145.RAA04971@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: pweeks AT execulink DOT com
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <33D37B2E.4825D994@execulink.com> (message from Jeff Weeks on
	Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:07:26 -0400)
Subject: Re: Future version of MacOS code named Allegro
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> From: Jeff Weeks <pweeks AT execulink DOT com>
> Peter Gerwinski wrote:
> > 
> > Kevin Bagnall (umbagnal AT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca) wrote:
> > > It's like when you meet someone with the same name as yours and you say "hey!,
> > > you have the same name as me, that's so cool, meaningless, but cool!"
> > 
> > If they make `Allegro' a trademark, this could become a problem.
> > The same happened for the `Spinner' WWW daemon which is now called
> > `Roxen', and somebody tried (is still trying?) the same for `Linux'.
> 
> I don't think that'll be a problem.  It's just a code name right?  Win95
> was code named Chicago... they never used the name, or copyrighted it,
> as far as I know.  Same with Copland and all those other code names. 
> They're just temporary.

No, it's already happened to DJGPP.  The "ladybug" debugger (ldbg) had
to be renamed because DEC already had a product called "ladybug" (it
was a debugger also).  If you like your name, best to trademark it
ASAP.