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SubjectRe: Is there a Linux trademark issue with sun?
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Rob Landley <telomerase@yahoo.com> writes:
> Remember, Linux uses
> Posix (although we don't SAY posix much because that's
> another trademark and nobody jumps through the hoops
> to re-test each new conbination of kernel version X
> with utility set Y).

POSIX is not a trademark. The name refers to an IEEE/ISO/IEC
standard.

You don't *have* to run any tests to claim that Linux (+ libc +
utilities) conforms to POSIX. But if you don't run a suitable test
suite, how can you be confident that it does conform to POSIX?

(The origin of the term POSIX may be a surprise to some. See
<URL:http://www.linuxcare.com/viewpoints/os-interviews/12-14-99.epl>).


David Wragg
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