Hi Ibrahim, On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 15:05 -0500, Ibrahim Haddad wrote: > Hello Andrew, > > Please accept my apologies for late reply. This is regarding your > request to use: > > Smeegol, an openSUSE release based on the netbook user > interface that > came from the Meego(TM)* project. > * Meego is a trademark of the Linux Foundation. > > In order to maintain the MeeGo mark, the Linux Foundation must > consistently control the use of any form of the word MeeGo and the > related logos and characters to avoid confusion. > > Unfortunately, from a trademark law perspective, the proposed usage > above is absolutely not recommended, as such usage will weaken the > MeeGo mark and make it less enforceable. > > It is not in the benefit of MeeGo project to use "Smeegol". We > therefore can not approve such usage of MeeGo mark in "Smeegol". We > understand that you've already announced it and we will be happy to > work with you to come up with a different name (for the good of the > MeeGo project). > > Thank you, > Ibrahim >
I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. Could you kindly point me in the direction of where I can find out what packages have protected files and what those files, are so that I and other community members can at least ensure that no material that the Foundation is concerned about is used in our variants? Regards, Andy -- Andrew Wafaa IRC: FunkyPenguin GPG: 0x3A36312F openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org
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