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Newer page: version 11 Last edited on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 8:32:09 am by JohnMcPherson Revert
Older page: version 10 Last edited on Monday, November 17, 2003 11:33:12 pm by PerryLorier Revert
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 * JargonFile:Multics 
 * WikiPedia:UNIX 
 * WikiPedia:Multics 
  
-UNIX is a registered trademark of AT and T (although this has been sold now? ). This is why you might see some people refer to the free systems (such as [Linux], and the [*BSD]s) as "unix-like" or "u*nix". 
+UNIX was a registered trademark of AT and T (although this is now controlled by the XPG/X open people ). This is why you might see some people refer to the free systems (such as [Linux], and the [*BSD]s) as "unix-like" or "u*nix" (because they are not officially licensed to use the UNIX® registered trademark)
  
 Unix (or unix-like :) operating systems: 
  
 * [AIX] (by [IBM])