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diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/fdp-primer/trademarks/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/fdp-primer/trademarks/_index.adoc index c0a457e114..5579bb8951 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/fdp-primer/trademarks/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/fdp-primer/trademarks/_index.adoc @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ --- -title: Chapter 13. Trademarks +title: Chapter 14. Trademarks prev: books/fdp-primer/editor-config/ next: books/fdp-primer/see-also description: Guidelines for trademarks in the FreeBSD Documentation Project tags: ["trademarks", "AsciiDoctor", "HTML"] showBookMenu: true weight: 14 -path: "/books/fdp-primer/" +path: "/books/fdp-primer/trademarks/" --- [[trademarks]] @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path: "/books/fdp-primer/" :icons: font :sectnums: :sectnumlevels: 6 -:sectnumoffset: 13 +:sectnumoffset: 14 :partnums: :source-highlighter: rouge :experimental: @@ -47,22 +47,23 @@ toc::[] include::../../../../../shared/asciidoctor.adoc[] endif::[] -For all documents on the FreeBSD Documentation Project, it is necessary to cite registered trademarks, and that is a duty of every writer and contributor. +For all documents on the FreeBSD Documentation Project, citing registered trademarks is necessary and other trademarks is customary, and that is a requirement for every writer and contributor. [[trademark-symbols]] == Trademark Symbols -Add a registered trademark symbol (TM), (R), or other symbols in the first occurrence of the company or software name, and always when using logos. -Also, write the company or software name following its trademark guidelines. +Append a trademark symbol ((TM), (R), or other) to the first occurrence of the trademarked name, and always when using logos. +Use the extref:{fdp-primer}/writing-style/#writing-style-special-characters[equivalent ASCII sequence], which will be rendered as the actual Unicode character. +Also, write the trademarked name following its trademark guidelines. -When in doubt, research the company on the Internet or the software's website in addition to the link:https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks[United States Patent and Trademark Office site]. +When in doubt, research the trademark owner's website, the product's website, and or the link:https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks[United States Patent and Trademark Office trademark search website]. [[trademark-citing]] == Trademark Citing -It is customary to cite trademarks in technical documentation, and the FreeBSD Documentation Project provides a template for it, which also avoids duplicating trademarks in the documents. +The FreeBSD Documentation Project provides a template for citing trademarks, which also avoids duplicating trademarks in the documents. -First, check the project's link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/tree/documentation/themes/beastie/i18n/en.toml#n197[template] for the trademark and then add it to the trademarks tag on the `Front Matter` section of the document, placed at the beginning of each document. +First, look for the trademark in the link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/tree/documentation/themes/beastie/i18n/en.toml#n328[Copyright section in the project's template], then add it to the trademarks tag on the `Front Matter` section of the document, located at the beginning of each document. The following is an example of the `Front Matter` of the extref:{contributing}[Contributing to FreeBSD] article: |