[exprla-devel] Re: [xpl] FAQs for comment

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--- In xpl-dev@y..., Michael Lauzon <ce940@f...> wrote:
Well, we are still going to use XPL as the name, what are they going 
to 
do...sue me for coming up with the idea...and then sue us for using 
it?  
Doubt it.  Has anyone been to the eGroups site, and logged in to see 
if 
the groups message archives are working?  



On Mon, 8 May 2000, Garreth Galligan wrote:

> I couducted slightly more research on the subject of XPL names
> 
> For searches in the U.S. only:
> 
> U.S. copyright office records and found copyrights registered for 
the
> following:
> 
> XPL compiler
> XPL: Extendable Programming Language
> 
> The above bears looking into, but I couldn't be bothered figuring 
out the
> telnet commands at this time of the evening.
> 
> I also found four trademarked versions of XPL, registered by:
> 
> XPL LUBRICANTS INC. (OIL CONDITIONER, PENETRATING OIL, GREASE, 
MOTOR OIL,
> TRANSAXLE OIL, AND FUEL CONDITIONER)
> Xplosif Inc. (CLOTHING; NAMELY, WOMEN'S BLOUSES)
> Stillwater Designs & Audio, Inc.   (AUTOMOTIVE SPEAKERS)
> Gersman, Lana Toni  (STENCILS FOR APPLYING LIPSTICK AND STENCILS FOR
> APPLYING LIP PENCIL)
> 
> I could not find a thing on XPL being trademarked for the rest of 
the world.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Lauzon
> To: xpl@e...
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 3:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [xpl] FAQs for comment
> 
> 
> Okay, you are right, there is a Pascal language out there called XPL
> based on StatsPascal.  But, this language is still going to be 
called
> XPL (because I didn't know about the Pascal name when I came up with
> this idea.); what are they going to do...sue us?!  Doubt it.  But 
the
> thing is, they don't really seem to use the term XPL anywhere except
> in the titles of their documents (and only sometimes at that).
> 
> 
> --- In xpl@e..., "Michael Lauzon" <ce940@f...> wrote:
> > I don't think there is, but it being obscure shouldn't matter.
> > I'll do a search on one of the search engines and see if you're
> > right about the name, but XPL is what this language is going to
> > be called, so if we upset the Pascal camp, well...we'll come to
> > that if it happens.  :)  Well, maybe if one of us could contact 
the
> > owner of XPL.ORG (do a whois from one of the registars' websites; 
I
> > would but I haven't been able to access my email for over a week)
> and
> > see if he/she would give it to us.
> >
> >
> > --- In xpl@e..., "Garreth Galligan" <garreth.galligan@o...>
> > wrote:
> > > Michael Lauzon wrote:
> > >
> > > >we do have a problem: xpl.com, xpl.org (I do tend to lean more
> > towards
> > > >this one!), xpl.net, expel.com, expel.org, expel.net; they all
> > happen
> > > >to be taken,
> > >
> > > We could follow oasis' lead and use:
> > >
> > > xpl-open.org
> > > or
> > > open-xpl.org
> > >
> > > as it is an open source project.
> > >
> > > However I believe there is a very obscure language already in
> > existence with
> > > the acronym XPL -
> > > Some flavour of Pascal I think, I could find virtually nothing 
on
> > it. We
> > > could be facing a naming conflict...
> 
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