Hi Paul,
On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 10:19:16AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
>
> > Do you think it's ok to internally provide backwards compatibility?
> > eg, for a library, newname provides/fulfils oldname, for a long period
> > of
Hi Ian,
On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 12:27:12PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Nicholas D Steeves writes ("advice for free software package named almost
> identically to non-free software"):
> > An upstream has named their GPL software almost identically to a
> > propriet
On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 09:52:35AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 6:29 AM, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
>
> > An upstream has named their GPL software almost identically to a
> > proprietary piece of software.
>
> I think it would be best to pro-actively rename the software now
>
Nicholas D Steeves writes ("advice for free software package named almost
identically to non-free software"):
> An upstream has named their GPL software almost identically to a
> proprietary piece of software. Both the free and the proprietary
> software are developed in the U
On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> Do you think it's ok to internally provide backwards compatibility?
> eg, for a library, newname provides/fulfils oldname, for a long period
> of time...perhaps a year. I'm trying to think of all the non-Debian
> users who would also
On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 09:52:35AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 6:29 AM, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
>
> > An upstream has named their GPL software almost identically to a
> > proprietary piece of software.
>
> I think it would be best to pro-actively rename the software now
>
On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 6:29 AM, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> An upstream has named their GPL software almost identically to a
> proprietary piece of software.
I think it would be best to pro-actively rename the software now
rather than wait until renaming the software would be more painful.
Even
Dear Debian Legal,
An upstream has named their GPL software almost identically to a
proprietary piece of software. Both the free and the proprietary
software are developed in the U.S.A. The upstream has confirmed that
the name is not a registered trademark in the U.S.A, but the
proprietary
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