Worrying about worrying about the trademark issue is even more irrelevant. Pointing things like this out early is a good thing. Further discussion about the trademark issue isn't necessary, though, it's annoying.
Ortwin On 7/30/07, Jay Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 30, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Rod Whitby wrote: > >> Ah cripes, who freaking *CARES* about the Graffiti trademark .. > > Hmm ... someone could just as well say: > > "Ah cripes, who freaking *CARES* about the OpenMoko trademark .." > > > > Is someone actually developing something which uses the OpenMoko > properties? I don't think so. > > > Doesn't sound so good when you say it that way, does it? > > > > I'm not saying don't be "trademark-sensitive", I'm saying that > worrying about the Graffiti trademark is irrelevant, because nobody > is putting, actually, Graffiti into anything. There are plenty of > Graffiti alternatives around .. it just happens that Graffiti is what > people know "finger painting on your PDA" to be .. its common enough > to warrant usage as a word referring to the activity of finger- > painting symbols for recognition on a devices surface. Graffiti, > itself, is useless to us. Similar techniques which do not violate > anyones rights are useful; to discuss, to implement, and hopefully to > use. > > > Note that David didn't accuse anyone of breaching trademark rights, he > > simply pointed out that OpenMoko (or anyone else for that matter other > > than the trademark holder) should be careful not to release any > > software > > package with the trademarked term "Graffiti" in it's name. And he > > said > > he would only say it once, so as not to annoy people by continually > > harping on it. > > > > It would have been wonderful advice if there is actually some release > going on. > > > Don't forget that OpenMoko is a company too. You can't favour and > > protect one companies trademarks and not do the same for another. > > > > I don't care about the trademark issue until there is actually > something to attach a mark to. So far, there is nothing in this > direction. All I care about is that the technical creativity not be > stifled by legalese so soon in the game .. > > ; > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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