From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 20:21:24 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E19PAPc-0006b9-Do@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200306071903.45657.haible@ilog.fr> (message from Bruno Haible on Sat, 7 Jun 2003 19:03:45 +0200)
I believe it's a poor name because Microsoft pretends to have the trademark
on "Windows" in the US and is sueing other companies for this reason.
Trademark law has nothing to do with symbol names used inside a program.
You can talk about "Microsoft Windows" however you like in a book;
you don't need permission.
Therefore my preference is to use the compiler-defined macros
(defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__), for which one cannot be sued,
In hacker terminology, calling something a "win" is a form of praise.
If you wish to praise Microsoft Windows, you're free to do so; but if you
don't, then you might want to think twice about using the term "win32".
In any case, don't use it in GNU software.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-09 0:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-06 10:32 [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs Dave Love
2003-06-06 13:24 ` Jason Rumney
2003-06-09 22:53 ` [Jim Meyering] " Andrew Innes
2003-06-10 22:36 ` Dave Love
2003-06-10 22:34 ` Dave Love
2003-06-10 22:51 ` [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] " Jason Rumney
2003-06-11 10:14 ` Bruno Haible
2003-06-11 10:29 ` Jason Rumney
2003-06-11 17:29 ` [Jim Meyering] " Paul Eggert
2003-06-11 18:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-06-11 18:52 ` [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] " Paul Eggert
2003-06-11 19:26 ` Bruno Haible
2003-06-12 22:42 ` [Jim Meyering] " Dave Love
2003-06-13 14:53 ` Paul Eggert
2003-06-16 22:15 ` [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] " Dave Love
2003-06-17 4:15 ` Paul Eggert
2003-06-17 11:10 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-06-07 10:22 ` [Jim Meyering] " Richard Stallman
2003-06-07 15:28 ` Jim Meyering
2003-06-07 15:50 ` [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] " Eli Zaretskii
2003-06-07 17:03 ` Bruno Haible
2003-06-07 18:46 ` [Jim Meyering] " Eli Zaretskii
2003-06-09 0:21 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2003-06-09 21:10 ` Avoiding WIN* macros in GNU code [was Re: [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs] Derek Robert Price
2003-06-12 5:52 ` [Zlib-devel] " Cosmin Truta
2003-06-12 6:31 ` Miles Bader
2003-06-12 20:55 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-12 22:07 ` [Zlib-devel] Avoiding WIN* macros in GNU code Cosmin Truta
2003-06-13 10:03 ` Jason Rumney
2003-06-15 15:59 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-10 22:33 ` [Jim Meyering] Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime merge from Emacs Dave Love
2003-06-12 14:06 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-12 16:11 ` [Jim Meyering] " Benjamin Riefenstahl
2003-06-12 17:59 ` Jason Rumney
2003-06-12 18:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-06-13 22:03 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-16 21:55 ` Dave Love
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