On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:22:42 -0500, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 20:16 +0000, jonathon wrote:
Sharud wrote:
> As it is confusing with name "OpenOffice" , therefore we should raise
this issue.
It is too late now, but
* "OpenOffice.org" should have been trademarked in at least every
major country, prior to being released;
* "OpenOffice" should have been trademarked in countries in which it
was not already a trademark;
* The OOo logos should have been trademarked, prior to release;
I realize that trademark registration is expensive.
Not that expensive. IIRC it was about £250 ($500) to trademark the
INGOTs and The Learning Machine in the UK. So in the whole scheme of
things trademarking OOo in the G8 countries is a negligible cost
compared to the salaries of the developers, community manager and web
site hosting etc.
Without, there
will eventually come a point where OOo will be legally required
to/forced to change names, because the usage by OOo is a trademark
infringement. (What is the current number of countries where the OOo
L10N team has to use a name other than OOo when distributing it,
because of the trademark infringement.)
The other option is to rename OOo now, and trademark the new name in
at least the major countries of the world, prior to the release of the
new version with the new name.
Interesting idea. What name would be suitable? Freedom office, perhaps?
or the People's Office? It would also counter MS and its OOXML piracy of
the name.
Ian
In mexico cost also 500 dls. I might do a search just in case (80 dls).
--
Alexandro Colorado
CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES
http://es.openoffice.org
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