Editing TRAC (programming language) (section)

== Intellectual property ==
Mooers trademarked the name TRAC in an effort to maintain his control over the definition of the language, an unusual and pioneering action at the time.  At one point, he brought an intellectual property infringement suit against [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], alleging that a contract to deliver a mini-computer with a TRAC interpreter violated his rights.  "The first issue of [[Dr. Dobb's Journal]], one of the early publications in the personal computer field, has a vitriolic editorial against Mooers and his rapacity in trying to charge people for his computing language."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mooers|first1=Calvin|title=Oral history interview with Calvin N. Mooers and Charlotte D. Mooers|url=http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/107510|website=Charles Babbage Institute|date=22 June 1993|hdl=11299/107510 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/dr_dobbs_journal_vol_01#page/n121/mode/2up/ | title=Dr. Dobb's Journal - Vol 1 | year=1976 }}</ref> 
The name has since been used several times for unrelated [[information technology]] projects, including a current [[Open-source software|open source]] project management system called [[Trac]].