I grant the context, although my point was that at some level many might see the distinction as moot.� But we're speculating until I hear from Peter.� ; )
It *could* be that I decouple moneymaking from the networking purpose of maemo-daemons if worst comes to worst... and leave the profit aspect up to individuals.� Or the idea may run into a dead end completely and I'm out a URL registration fee for nothing...heh.� I've done worse. Randall (Randy) Arnold maemo.org community council http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/ ----- Original message ----- From: "Tim Samoff" <[email protected]> To: "Randall Arnold" <[email protected]>, "List for community development" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: A business case for Maemo Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:06:08 -0500 HUGE difference -- ads as opposed to using a brand for profit. T. -- http://samoff.com ----- Original message ----- > I replied too soon-- some ofthe 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------- Ovi Mail: Being used by users in 178 countries http://mail.ovi.com
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