[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] intel: Change vendor string to "Intel® Open Source Technology Center".

[Adam Jackson]

On 6/1/12 2:06 PM, Oliver McFadden wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 11:23:17AM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
>> On 6/1/12 3:33 AM, Oliver McFadden wrote:
>>> Wouldn't "Intel(R) Open Source ..." be sufficient?
>>
>> Wouldn't "Intel Open Source ..." be sufficient?
>
> I am not a lawyer, period.  Certainly not an Intel lawyer, therefore "no
> comment."
>
> That being said, from a technical standpoint, using (R) as standard
> ASCII instead of the UTF-8 character might be a good compromise
> considering we cannot guarantee correct display of the UTF-8 character
> everywhere.

If it's a thing that needs compromise, sure, I suppose.  But I'd be 
fascinated to know why your lawyers think they need a marca registrada 
in a place that (afaik) no other vendor thinks they do.

- ajax