Please visit:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/linux-foundation-trademark-usage-guidelines(which
also includes correct and incorrect ways of using the mark)

The link above is also reachable from: http://meego.com/about/trademark

Thanks,
Ibrahim


On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 01:38:46PM -0700, Auke Kok wrote:
> > On 09/20/10 13:25, Greg KH wrote:
> > >>>  I hate to say it, but for all cases where legal issues are involved,
> > >>>  please consult your lawyer.
> > >Hey, that's totally not fair here.
> > >
> > >This is being done by a community project, for which there are no
> > >lawyers.
> >
> > Perhaps, but said community person asks about something that neither
> > me nor pretty much anyone on this list can give a definitive answer
> > to, and you know that.
>
> Then who/where should this be asked?
>
> > >If so, great, what's happening with a few distros that are shipping
> > >"MeeGo" without using ConMan?
> >
> > well, first you're going to get Marcel going after you for
> > misspelling connman :)
>
> Heh, ok, after that, I'm guessing that nothing is going to be done, so
> it's a moot point...
>
> > >If nothing, then fine, we'll just ignore the empty lawyer threats.
> > >
> > >If something, then great, what exactly are the rules that need to be
> > >followed here?
> >
> > That's the problem. I personally have no quarrel trying to come up
> > with a list of sanctioned names, but, that may be completely
> > irrelevant since your lawyer might just disagree with what my lawyer
> > says. And since I can't give legal information, I'm better off
> > saying "sorry, talk to your lawyer".
>
> Ok, point us to the Linux Foundation lawyer that we should be talking to
> that knows the rules of how the MeeGo naming/phrasing/usage are to be
> used, and we will be glad to discuss it with them.
>
> Otherwise, I think the name "Smeego, based on the spittle that came from
> the MeeGo(tm) release" looks like a nice phrase to use.
>
> > I'm not doing that to piss off everyone. I'm doing it so that people
> > understand that even people like me on the Intel MeeGo release team
> > probably can't even help you, even if we wanted to.
>
> Then WHO can help us?  Pointers please.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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