On Jan 28, 2008 12:05 AM, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If we have named Firefux the modified version of Firefox, I doubt the > > Mozilla foundation would have let that pass. > > There's various other reasons for that and it wouldn't have been covered > by a prohibition on calling it Firefox or something easily confused with > Firefox. (How often do people use the other f-word to mean a fox?)
Trade marks protect against use not only of identical marks, but also of similar marks where there is a risk of confusion. So Firefux would almost certainly infringe Mozilla's trade mark rights in Firefox. But I appreciate that in this specific case there was a lot more going on, with copyright aspects as well. John (TINLA) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]