[Info-vax] [Attn: HP Employees] PDP-11 OS hobbyist licensing

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <6cf302b2-950d-4472-9fed-208e353c517a at googlegroups.com>, AEF
<spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> writes: 

> Hmmm. I think there is a bit of use it or lose it for at least _some_ thing=
> s. Sometimes you see "Esso" stickers on Exxon gas pumps. Exxon doesn't want=
>  to lose the rights to Esso. I was told they have to do this or the name go=
> es up for grabs. My brother-in-law's father told me of a client (or friend,=
>  perhaps) who kept paying for the right to a name for a business, even thou=
> gh the business closed. The guy just wants to hold on to the rights to that=
>  name. He has to pay something like $50 or $150 a year in fees. Of course I=
> 'm not talking hardware and software here. OK, you said it isn't necessaril=
> y so. Just mentioning a couple of cases where it _is_ so, AFAIK.=20

First, please find some usenet software which quotes properly.  :-|

As already mentioned, your example involves a trademark, not a 
copyright.

By the way, the name "Esso" is still used in some countries.