Hi, On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Sandy Armstrong <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hey guys, > > You my have heard that Tomdroid renamed itself to Tomdroyd to avoid > trademark infringement on "droid" (owned by LucasArts). I'm sure you meant Twidroyd. ;) At first, I thought "it couldn't be, how about the motorola droid?" but a quick google revealed: "DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and its related companies. Used under license." on http://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?releaseid=12059&newsareaid=22 > I don't know if this is really a valid concern at all, but I figured since > Tomdroid > isn't in the market yet now would be a good time to decide if anyone > cares about the potential for trouble. > Yes, thanks for pointing it out. Does anyone on this list know what the other *droid or droid* on the android market are doing? There must be a few of them.. > > For what it's worth, I'd be fine with you guys simply calling > yourselves "Tomboy for Android". I'm guessing the name only matters > when you distribute it, so using "tomdroid" for the project name, repo > name, and in code probably wouldn't be an issue. > I think we'll go that way. Thanks for the permission to use Tomboy. As far as distributiong, another quick google revealed that the android market takes trademark complaints quite seriously: http://en.andigg.com/android-market-trademark-complaint-received/ For now, I won't rename the launchpad project unless someone strongly suggests otherwise. I wonder how much it is to license the use of droid. ;) Too bad I've been paying for tomdroid.org for two years.. ;) -- Olivier Bilodeau <[email protected]>
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