Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Brian Sniffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Computer Modern appears to be a trademark of the American Mathematical > Society. I don't know what impact a lack of mention of that in vol > E. would have. None. A trademark holder has his trademark whether or not he continually mentions the fact.

Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-08 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 10:56:47PM +0200, Martin Schröder wrote: > > Knuth's own page on C&T lists only the trademarks of TeX and MF, so > > perhaps the CM trademark has gone unenforced or been dropped. > > Since none of the books (and none of the cm files) and no > literatur on TeX mention CM as

Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-08 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-09-08 12:17:44 -0400, Brian Sniffen wrote: > Knuth's own page on C&T lists only the trademarks of TeX and MF, so > perhaps the CM trademark has gone unenforced or been dropped. Since none of the books (and none of the cm files) and no literatur on TeX mention CM as a trademark, I strongly

Re: Are software patents legal in .nl?

2002-09-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I present to the list additional datum: http://www.ivir.nl/wetten/nl/row1995.html -- 2. The following are not regarded inventions in the sense of this law: - discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical method

Re: Are software patents legal in .nl?

2002-09-08 Thread J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 00:38:09 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Are software patents legal in .nl? IANAL, but AFAIK the answer is "Yes", or at least "Effectively yes". The Netherlands are a member of the European Union which is working on regulations that explicitly allow software patents (albe

Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-08 Thread Brian Sniffen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Some google searching and earlier discussion here indicated that CM and TeX were trademarks of the AMS, while MF was a trademark of A-W Publishing. Knuth's own page on C&T lists only the trademarks of TeX and MF, so perhaps the CM trademark has gone

Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-08 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-09-08 00:37:59 -0400, Brian Sniffen wrote: > Computer Modern appears to be a trademark of the American Mathematical > Society. I don't know what impact a lack of mention of that in vol What makes you think that? Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de

Are software patents legal in .nl?

2002-09-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi guys, [I am not subscribed to the list, and would appreciate a CC:] Can I get some comments on Bug#159114? Are the patents mentioned in the bug report software patents? Are software patents legal in .nl? manoj -- Drive defensively. Buy a tank. Manoj Srivastava <