<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Apr 13, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Jeff Cohen wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> Dale Johannesen wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite="midCF071E42-78ED-4711-8651-D4E8613DF0CF@apple.com" type="cite"> <PRE wrap="">On Apr 13, 2007, at 9:49 AM, Devang Patel wrote:
</PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <PRE wrap="">+ Jeff Cohen
+ Oscar
+ Oscar = Open Source Compiler And Runtime
</PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE wrap="">Perfect, and very nice backronym. Unfortunately, Wikipedia says:
</PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <PRE wrap="">Both Oscar and Academy Award are registered trademarks of the
Academy [of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences],
fiercely protected through litigation and threats thereof.</PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> It's not that simple. If LLVM had anything to do with the entertainment industry, or if it used a golden statue as its icon, you're right, they would sue and win. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I agree, using it for something unrelated is probably legal (IANAL). I was more concerned that establishing</DIV><DIV>that might get expensive, like naming things McSomething tends to. But</DIV><DIV>if there are other open source projects using the name it is probably not a problem.</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> But you are free to name your child Oscar, and they will not (can not) sue. Nor do they sue "Oscar Mayer", well-known maker of hot dogs and operator of the Wienermobile.<BR> <BR> Furthermore, a simple google shows that there are several open source projects named OSCAR:<BR> <UL> <LI>oscar.openclustergroup.org - Open Source Cluster Application Resources<BR> </LI> <LI><A class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.csm.ornl.gov/oscar">www.csm.ornl.gov/oscar</A> - A bundle of software for making Linux clusters. Source code, hardware notes, and documentation</LI> <LI><A class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.theoscarproject.org">www.theoscarproject.org</A> - Reinventing mobility an open source project about inventing hardware.</LI> <LI>oscar.objectweb.org - The OW2 Consortium is an open source software community aiming at developing component-based middleware for large scale distributed systems.</LI> <LI>oscar.symplicity.com -OSCAR - Online System for Clerkship Application and Review</LI> </UL> and others... What's one more?<BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>