On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Richard Hally <rhally(a)mindspring.com>
wrote:
Horst H. von Brand wrote:
> Jesse Keating <jkeating(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 17:07 +0300, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
>>
>>> "Neon," which also happens to be the element 10 in the periodic
>>>>
>>> table.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I LOVE this one.
>>>
>> Unfortunately it doesn't follow the "is a" algorithm.
>>
>
> How not? Sulphur and Neon are both chemical elements.
>
"Neon" may not get past legal since it is the name of a car model used by
the Chrysler Corporation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Neon
Trademarks are enforced with industry and uniqueness in mind. I would hope
that cars and operating systems are unrelated enough markets to not be a
problem. Its also not particularly unique, being the name of an element. But
then IANAL.