On Feb 24, 2007, at 8:49 PM, Ming-Wei Shih wrote: >> The only countries where the name is safe to use are the US and >> Canada. >> > And the only country that this maybe "not safe" is .au
And how would you possibly know unless you paid a lawyer which if you did you wouldn't have made that statement. > don't play with people's mind, don't try to manipulate the crowd. Funny you should say that because you are the one who is inadvertently manipulating people into a false sense of security. You are not a lawyer and thus not qualified to give legal advice, yet you suggest that the name OpenPBX is safe to use outside of the US and Canada. Now, I am not qualified to give legal advice myself and because of that I always go an get legal advice from legal professionals who are qualified to do so. I did so in this case and that is how I know that the name is not safe for use where VT have been consistently selling their products, not just Australia. But don't take my word for it, pay a lawyer to give you an assessment and find out for yourself. On the other hand, if you are not willing to spend money on professional legal advice, then I suggest you refrain from making statements about the legality of using the OpenPBX name. Besides, your logic is flawed: You say that there are more countries where it is safe to use the name than there are where it is not, but what gives you or anybody else the right to say that contributors and promoters in those countries are not worthy of protection and should be left in legal limbo? What if next time, there is a poll that leaves you in a minority position on an essential issue that deserves minority protection? Not having to worry about legal implications is something that should be extended to every contributor/promoter, no matter how small the number. > And as I said last time, if you don't want this to be an open process, What I challenge here is the misguided belief that the keeping the name should be an option. rgds benjk _______________________________________________ Openpbx-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openpbx.org/mailman/listinfo/openpbx-dev
