As current maintainer of kdiff3 I would oppose trade mark enforce ment. Unless we have clear proof this is an altered version. I am perpared to push out my own free download if noone in this community wants the job. That will end the current problem quite nicely.
On Thu, Jul 9, 2020, 10:27 AM Jack <ostrof...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > On 7/9/20 9:48 AM, Christoph Cullmann wrote: > > On 2020-07-09 14:18, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > >> On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 12:29, Christoph Cullmann > >> <christ...@cullmann.io> wrote: > >> > >>> You might be able to do that, but as soon as you start to try to > >>> keep > >>> people > >>> from using the names, the cost-free, bureaucracy-free and layer free > >>> > >>> zone ends. > >> > >> Sending an e-mail to the Microsoft store doesn't need to cost > >> anything, and it would have more effect if there can be a claim of > >> trademark. Claiming copyright infringement as discussed on this > >> thread is also sensible but it does need more work and will need at > >> least the cost of buying kdiff3 from their store. > > > > Hi, > > > > sending just a mail will for sure not be enough, as the license allows > > anybody to upload our stuff there. > > > > You can start to claim that the name is trademarked but then this will > > only work if the other party doesn't claim it is not or that we don't > > have > > a policy that forbids to upload something with that name + get money > > for it. > I think the suggestion of a letter to Microsoft was about the potential > copyright violation, not about trademark. They could confirm whether or > not there is an offer of source code within the package without having > to buy it. >