Is Ada a registered trademark (TM) of the US government?
No, but it used to be; there is now a “certification mark”, which can be used only for validated compilers. Prior to November 30, 1987, the name “Ada” was a registered trademark. In the December 1987 issue of the Ada Information Clearinghouse Newsletter, Ms. Virginia Castor, then Director of the Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO), announced that the Department of Defense would thereafter rely on a certification mark instead of a trademark. (The certification mark is a Pentagon-shaped symbol with a “Validated Ada” message, and can be seen on the documentation of validated Ada compilers.) The text of the 1987 AJPO announcement is available on the AdaIC host, in ftp://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/public/AdaIC/pol-hist/policy/trademrk.
No, but it used to be; there is now a “certification mark”, which can be used only for validated compilers. Prior to November 30, 1987, the name “Ada” was a registered trademark. In the December 1987 issue of the Ada Information Clearinghouse Newsletter, Ms. Virginia Castor, then Director of the Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO), announced that the Department of Defense would thereafter rely on a certification mark instead of a trademark. (The certification mark is a Pentagon-shaped symbol with a “Validated Ada” message, and can be seen on the documentation of validated Ada compilers.) The text of the 1987 AJPO announcement is available on the AdaIC host, in ftp://sw-eng.falls-church.va.
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