I thought on this obviously uninformed comment: "I am submitting just one question: Who gave the author permission to use Canon's proprietary name for their Electronic Operating System in their cameras?" ...very naive.

There are only 26 letters in our alphabet. EOS could stand for many things. IBM, for example (could stand for Inertial Braking Mechanism), cannot be copyrighted, but IBM© as a specialized, colored, designed (etc) logo, can. This ID must be described in detail (as defined per specs of the US Patent Office), submitted and granted official copyrights for a period of years. All a company can then do is sue for any loss of income (that can be priven in a court) due the unauthorized use of the ID, and or losses (that can be priven in a court) due to misuse, etc. Then only TREBLE DAMAGES can be awarded for such a registered ID.

This company would have to be selling computers or computer related peripherals (like the International Bussiness Machines, corporation does, or derriving profits from the use for the ID, for which royalties are not being paid) and then the copyright holder would haev to show to wht level this was delibeerate and not possibly done in ignorance, and also that the company in question did not reply to a cease and desist order, etc.

NOTE: The letters themselves cannot be copyright protected, and more than DOG or GOD can.

Try doing some reasearch before you get all politically correct and beliigerant.

BTW, I am in no way affiliated with this developer, but I am getting sick and tired of people marching along like sheep to the beating drum of greed being prepetuated by greedy stockholders of monopolies. There needs to be a quick about face in this arena or soon you won't be able to sneeze without someone taking us to court because the sound of sneezing is a copyrighted jingle owned by the Kleenex© Corporation! Think about it.