Lanny, Good instincts. You are right, it's a flower. Hardy Amaryllis is the common name. The logo for our products is a flower, so it was a natural progression. Do you the latest update of our product, by the way?
Jason Spisak --- Lanny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought about the trademark problems after the > first announcement. The new > name is fine by me, what does Lycoris mean? Only > thing I can think of is > some kind of flower isn't it? And Desktop/LX kinda > sounds like it should be > one of Honda's new models ;-). Whatever ya'll end up > calling yourselves I > wish you luck. > > Lanny > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kovalid Inc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lanny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 6:06 PM > Subject: Re: [rl-users] Redmond Linux name changes > > > > Lanny, > > > > We just might. But the prodcut will continue to > get > > better and better, and not matter what the name, I > > hope you enjoy using it. > > > > I appreciate your sense of humor. It means you > are > > passionate about the linux desktop, and I respect > > that. The current naming issues are mostly > related to > > trademark, which I'll go into detail about below. > > > > 1.There is a company named 'Redmond Software' and > > while they might not jump out and sue us, with > enough > > money and backing from another company (MS) they > could > > take a shot at it. Also, the city of Redmond, > which > > MS owns, might be compelled to take legal action. > I > > don't know why, but it wouldn't matter because > we'd > > have to throw our resources down the legal drain, > and > > that's an effective way of dealing with Linux > > companies. If I were MS, I'd use it. So we can't > use > > the word 'Redmond'. > > > > 2.Linux is a registered trademark. While Linus > won't > > sue a company for using it, unless MS ever tries > to > > ;-), using another trademarked word in your > product or > > company name hurts your chances of differentiating > > your brand. Red Hat is the brand, not Red Hat > Linux, > > look closely at the packaging. Same with the > other > > distros. By using a word that is trademarked, > other > > companies can name their product similarly and you > > can't do anything about it. So using 'Linux' in > the > > company name isn't a good idea. > > > > 3.DesktopLinux is bad for the above reason, and > Rick > > at desktoplinux.com, is claiming prior art on that > > name. > > > > 4.There is a company called 'Softworks' that > recently > > got bought by a company named Powerlink, I think. > > Since there is prior art in this industry for that > > name, someone owns the rights, so it isn't a safe > bet > > either. > > > > Let's face it, the only reason Open Source has > power > > in the corporate world, a world that it was never > > intended for, is because of the laws that surround > it. > > Trademark is a big one. If Linus had not > trademarked > > Linux, where would we all be? Our users should > take > > this as a sign--we are putting this amount of > serious > > thought into a name, because we are committed to > > making the Linux desktop a reality. > > > > We get press because our product lives up to the > > promise of being a desktop alternative, as much as > > because of the name 'redmond'. If it was junk, > people > > wouldn't cover it. Plus, we are still based in > > Redmond, so "Redmond's Not Just for Microsoft > > Anymore," still applies. > > > > As Shakespeare said, "What's in a name? A rose by > any > > other name should smell as sweet." Regardless of > what > > we call it, you use our desktop because it's a > good > > alternative and getting better all the time. We > are > > focused on creating a Linux desktop that is a > refuge > > for tired Windows users, a desktop your mother > could > > use, and we will make it happen. We will not be > > stopped because we didn't think things through. > We > > will not be stopped by a frivolous lawsuit. We > will > > not be stopped, period. > > > > > > All my best, > > > > Jason Spisak > > > > --- Lanny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What is the deal? Is Redmond Linux going to > change > > > their name every few days now? Linux Softworks > > > (DesktopLinux) and now Lycoris Desktop/LX. > > > > > > Lanny > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ - -- rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/
