OpenCFD (R) has issued new guidelines for their tradmark OpenFOAM: http://www.openfoam.com/legal/trademark-guidelines.php My question is if these are legal: not allowing hydrostaticFoam as your self-written new solver for example. So, actually they are claiming the "FOAM" word to be used in a name.
Is Pepsi Cola is a trademark infringement of Coca Cola? Gerber On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 21:19 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:36:16 +0900 Miles Bader wrote: > > > Gerber van der Graaf <[email protected]> writes: > > >> I think that accepting contributions only when the contributor transfers > > >> his/her copyright is indeed allowed for GPL software: actually it's > > >> what the FSF does... :-( > > > > > > I didn't know that and that's quite strong. Do they also erase the names > > > of contributing authors, as OpenCFD is requiring? > > Erase the names of the authors?!? > Does OpenCFD Ltd. do that? > How can it be consistent with moral rights? > > The right to be identified as author is a moral right recognized by the > Berne Convention > http://wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/trtdocs_wo001.html#P123_20726 > and by UK copyright law > http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/77 > and by several other copyright laws... > > [...] > > p.s. I think the FSF in general plays it quite fair; I'd treat a > > for-profit company with a lot more skepticism. > > I don't think that requiring copyright assignment from contributors is > a fair game, not even when practiced by the FSF. > However, if you trust the FSF to always take "good" decisions on > licensing matters (I don't), you are of course entitled to your > opinion... > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
