I replied too soon-- some of�the blog sites with "maemo" in their name generate income from ads, etc... sooo, maybe no real difference...?
Randall (Randy) Arnold maemo.org community council http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/ ----- Original message ----- From: "Tim Samoff" <[email protected]> To: "List for community development" <[email protected]>, "Randall Arnold" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: A business case for Maemo Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:47:50 -0500 The only difference with something like this -- as opposed to other "press" type sites -- is that it's out to make money... That might violate the TM. Tim -- http://samoff.com ----- Original message ----- > Thanks Dave, but it was my understanding in a previous discussion along > those lines that incorporating "maemo" in site names (like maemo-guru, et > al) and similar was okay. Note that there are similar > organizations/enterprises wrapped around other trademarked terms without > issues. > > BUT-- I will bounce this off Peter nonetheless (or maybe he's monitoring > this list?). > > Randall (Randy) Arnold > maemo.org community council > http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/ > > > > > > ----- Original message ----- > > From: "Dave Neary" <[email protected]> > > To: "List for community development" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: A business case for Maemo > > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:26:21 +0200 > > > > > > Hi Randall, > > > > Randall Arnold wrote: > > > Since actions speak louder than words, I have already begun a > process... > > > > ... > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > I don't want to put a dampener on a nice idea, but... > > > > ...don't forget that Maemo is a Nokia trademark, and using it for > > professional purposes is likely to cause a problem for someone at some > > stage. Much better to do like Mer and simply choose something related > > but different. > > > > Cheers, > > Dave. > > > > -- > > maemo.org docsmaster > > Email: [email protected] > > Jabber: [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > maemo-community mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-community > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Ovi Mail: Making email access easy > http://mail.ovi.com > -------------------------------------------------------------- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com
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