rob pike on Nostr: I was reminded today of the moment Dennis Ritchie fought the lawyers and won. They ...
I was reminded today of the moment Dennis Ritchie fought the lawyers and won. They were reprinting the Unix ACM paper and the new trademark rules required that he change "PDP-11 Unix file system" into "PDP-11™ computer system UNIX™ system file system" in the reprint. He prevailed but only after agreeing to put Unix in italics, uppercase, and adorned with ™ at its first appearance. A win, though, really.
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