Re: XUL or not XUL

Arron Ferguson wrote:
> XUL is a technology, not a brand name.

    It's both. Companies trademark the names of their technologies all 
the time.

 > XUI is a technology (the same
> type of technology as a XUL) not a brand name.

    I'm not sure the software vendor Xoetrope, who lists XUI as one of 
its "products", would agree with you.

 > Gerald is right in
> calling it XUL. Mozilla cannot claim XUL as a brand name since it is an
> acronym that represents a technology, not a brand name.

    Mozilla originated the term, they claim it as a copyright, and 
members of the Mozilla Foundation have attempted to discourage its use 
as a generic term. What else can they do other than haul people into court?


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