On Thu, June 16, 2011 12:20 pm, Peter Vereshagin wrote: > You can't take no for an answer, freebsd-questions! > 2011/06/16 11:54:05 -0400 Robert Simmons <rsimmo...@gmail.com> => To > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : > RS> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright > RS> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark > > I'll surely will when I'll have some to trade ;-) > > RS> Copyright pertains to the source code. Trademark pertains to the use > of > RS> signs, symbols, names, logos, etc. > > Source code itself can have 'signs, symbols, names, logos, etc.' and > consist in terms of its usability of them, doesn't it just use to? > 'signs, symbols, names, logos, etc.' same way can have their source code > and consist in terms of their usability of it, doesn't they just use to?
Trademark is for 'this is made by me. I put my name on it.' Copyright is for the content of a book/speech/whatever. 'Trademark' is a _maker's mark._ The point is not encouraging the creation of works (like copyright): The point is so that a maker/seller can build a reputation with their customers. They are very different in terms, uses, and requirements. In theory it is possible to hold both a trademark and a copyright on the same thing, but it is hard. (You will likely fail applicability tests for one or the other.) It is of course possible to put a trademark on something you've copyrighted, so people know who created it. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"