Thats an important issue. Is it a legal problem?
2010/9/21 David W. Hodgins <[email protected]>: > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:15:05 -0400, Lawrence A Fossi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It's inevitable that Mageia would be claimed on some accounts.. a quick >> Google turned up 1 US business 1 guy on Twitter >> and a second with JA-Mageia..all on page 1 of the search >> http://sites.google.com/site/johnwellssr/home > > Ouch! Is this a show stopper for the name mageia? > http://mageia.com/ > > The domain was registered in 2001, with the ownership hidden > by Domains by Proxy. The sites.google.com, and the > "Recent Site Activity" link on mageia.com shows it's > being maintained by "John Wells Sr". > > Note that the logo consists of the site name in a stylized > script, with the phrase "Isn't it magic", as the "future Web > home for Mageia Minerals of Chassell, Michigan". The site > consists of a single page hosted on sites.google.com. The > recent activity indicates it was all created July 26th, 2010. > > While mageia.org is not the same as mageia.com, I expect > a lot of users are going to accidentally go to the wrong > site. > > Is this going to be potential legal problem? > > Regards, Dave Hodgins > _______________________________________________ > Mageia-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss > _______________________________________________ Mageia-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss
