>>>>> "Dylan" == Dylan Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dylan> Dave Mandel registered the name "PORTLAND LINUX/UNIX GROUP" Dylan> with the state of Oregon in November of 1999. Had PDXLUG used Dylan> that name after that time, Dave Mandel would have a legitimate Dylan> beef. But we didn't. Dylan> Dave Mandel *also* registered the name "PORTLAND LINUX USERS Dylan> GROUP" with the state of Oregon, but did so in July Dylan> 2003... well after PDXLUG was making use of it. It's fairly Dylan> clear that the fact that we *were* using it inspired the Dylan> registration. Dylan> The point of name registration is to make it clear which names Dylan> are in use by whom. There is some degree of passive Dylan> entitlement to existing usage, but not much. If PLUG only Dylan> claimed passive entitlement, that might be something... but Dylan> PLUG really can't have it both ways here. Either you were Dylan> entitled to that name when we started using it or you weren't. Dylan> Dave's actions suggest that he knows you weren't. This has been debunked several times. PLUG never stopped using "Portland Linux User Group". It just started using another name _too_. I have pointed people at the wayback machine's history of the PLUG Clinic website that demonstrates as much. I have described the meeting at which the new name appeared. The timing of the July 2003 registration is not relevant, it just codified previous practice. -- Russell Senior ``I have nine fingers; you have ten.'' [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug IRC: irc.freenode.net #pdxlug
