FYI, in 2009 Earnie Boyd, MinGW project leader wrote the following:
*https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw/mailman/message/21560977/ <https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw/mailman/message/21560977/>Re: [Mingw-users] The Fedora cross-compiler projectFrom: Earnie Boyd <earnie@us...> - 2009-02-12 12:44:01Quoting "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@...>:> Hi,>> Gianluca pointed me to the discussion here:> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.user/28909 <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.user/28909>>> First of all, I hope we didn't get off on the wrong foot.>> There are a couple of things I'd like to say in reference to that> thread. Firstly, my apologies for not communicating what we were> doing back to you before now. Secondly, our use of the name "MinGW"> is unfortunate for us: Originally we were just going to recompile the> MinGW packages from Debian (basically just the compiler/binutils/> w32api & runtime), and since then things have spiralled out of control> so now we are packaging dozens of libraries as well, and the> "mingw32-" prefix and MinGW name stuck.>I just want to let you know that we have no trademark rights on the names MinGW, mingw32, mingw64 or any other spelling of it. Therefore, legally you have the right to use it.* *...* I can only assume that at least all projects with "mingw" inside from this period have the irrevocable right to use their usual name. Maybe this could be a problem for newer projects. (I am not a lawyer) Carl Am Mo., 10. Mai 2021 um 17:31 Uhr schrieb Liu Hao <[email protected]>: > 在 2021-05-10 15:28, Roland Schwingel 写道: > > Hi.... > > > > We (Kai Tietz and me on behalf of OneVision) started the "gcc on win64" > > project in 2007. > > > > Opensourced it as mingw-w64 in 2008 (as far as I can remember), So > > mingw-w64 is prior art before registering mingw. But also, I am no > lawyer. > > > > Keep up the good work and don't be confused by trolls, > > > > > > Thanks for your generosity! > > > -- > Best regards, > Liu Hao > > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
