On Monday 12 February 2007 08:18, picked up the following transmission from Joe Pfeiffer: > ROB writes: > >Just for the record, as a 'member of the community' or whatever, I > >don't like this. > > Speaking as the designer of the Mopar Mailing List logo (which > incorporates the old Chrysler Motors Corporation "Pentastar" > trademark with Chrysler's permission),
Well THAT explains why your name and writing style look so familiar. Hey Joe! > I don't mind it a bit. One > way corporations have destroyed an incredible amount of good-will in > the past has been by trying to retain a too-tight control over their > trademarks (Paramount's actions regarding Star Trek sites comes to > mind, and shutting down various fan activities that infringe. > Letting members of a community use the trademark on a t-shirt is a > really cheap (in fact, free) way to keep the community on your side. > > I expect they'll be much, much tighter about Openmoko-branded > peripherals and USB sticks! You raise a good point, somewhat peripherally - that FIC's permission should be obtained for the shirt. I expect that FIC would be fairly liberal about that. The reason for this being so that when Microsoft introduces Windows OpenMoco Edition, they can be property cease&desisted. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
