On 9 Mrz., 06:56, "Larry E. Masters aka PhpNut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An allied question - Will an Unofficial book be allowed by CSF? > > If you mean will someone be able to use CakePHP in the title of a book > without permission, then I will say no. > CakePHP is trademark of the Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
Larry, you cannot forbid anyone to write a book _ABOUT_ Cakephp, and it would definately be allowed to use the name even in the title, as long as it does not claim to be an official book. But legal issues aside: if what Larry says is representative of the thinking that dominates the CSF, then, members of the community, be careful. Thats because, if he thinks anyone needs his permission to publish an _unofficial_ book containing the word "CakePHP", how can anyone be sure that he is allowed to write a CakePHP Blog? Or even a website mentioning the Word CakePHP? Larry, will we be hearing from your lawyers if we do so? What do you demand if I want to start a blog which is named "my unofficial CakePHP blog"? So, please Larry/CSF let us know, if we can safely assume that the term CakePHP and its fair use are assured for the future - for free!-. And please don't refer to the CSF website as it does not answer any questions. Should you stick to your position that the term CakePHP can be used only with permission of CSF, I must strongly recommend everyone to switch to another framework, because I must fear that would be the beginning of an alienated community. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
