Does it really matter what companies call their products? This all reminds me of everyone getting upset over the name of SATAN. *shrugs* I always tag anything I make with a word I invented so I know nobody else has it trademarked. It also means that anyone trying to search for my stuff won't get many mis-hits. Seems to make more sense than overloading existing words.
*^*^*^* Michael McGlothlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/ On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 07:53:52PM -0700, Kevin A. Burton wrote: > > > http://www.uprizer.com > > > > Does it bother anyone else that they named their product Karma (which is a > > Buddhist concept)? I am kind of offended by this? (because I am a Buddhist) > > Especially considering they copyrighted it? > > > > I think my I will call my next product Jesus.... > > Firstly, I suspect that Uprizer's various plans for world domination are > not appropriate material for Freenet's development mailing list, so I am > cross-posting to chat and asking people to just follow-up there if they > feel the need to follow-up at all. > > Please do, I am planning to call my next cat Jesus too. > > We didn't copyright "Karma", we trademarked it - note that trademarks > only prevent other similar companies using it in the same way we do, in > ways that might mislead people. KARMA is short for the phrase "Key > Accessed Redundant Memory Architecture" which is a perfect description > of one of the products we have been working on. > > Ian. > _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
