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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7177 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:49:22 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!gatech!concert!aurs01!davis From: davis@aurs01.UUCP (Alan Davis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [386BSD] pcvt 2.00 - VT220 console driver: Name change? Keywords: 386BSD console driver VT220 namechange Message-ID: <61950@aurs01.UUCP> Date: 19 Jan 93 02:31:57 GMT References: <1617@hcshh.hcs.de> <1628@hcshh.hcs.de> Sender: news@aurs01.UUCP Reply-To: davis@aurw17.aur.alcatel.com.UUCP (Alan Davis) Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC Lines: 22 In article <1628@hcshh.hcs.de> hm@hcshh.hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis) writes: >Just three short notes for the VT220 driver posted to alt.sources some >days ago: > .... >2) I have received mail from Mark C. DiVecchio (markd@silogic.uucp). He writes: > > "I have been using the name PC-VT for a program which I have had > out as shareware since 1984. The name is copyrighted." > > Sorry, we were not aware of this program, and we will change the name > of the driver with the next release. Why would the name of a driver subsystem require a name change because a program that runs under a completely different os has a similar name? .... Alan Davis aur : davis@aurfs1 Alcatel Network Systems BIX : adavis adavis@rockdal.aud.alcatel.com CIS : 72317,3661