Gervase Markham wrote:
Then I'm slightly confused as to your concept of trademark infringement.
If I label the car I've built as a Ford (even if it uses a lot of Ford
parts), it infringes Ford's trademark.
OTOH, as has been pointed out before in one of the many related threads,
if I take a
* Michael K. Edwards ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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* Michael K. Edwards ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I wouldn't say accept it, I would say acknowledge the safety zone
offered unilaterally by the Mozilla Foundation, and as a courtesy to
them
* John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I wrote:
If what we are doing does not actually infringe their trademark we would
not be getting any special privileges.
Eric Dorland writes:
What we are doing already is against their trademark policy. We're being
offered an agreement specific
* Eric Dorland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I'd certainly
be interested in trying to develop some sort of policy for Debian
regarding trademarks. I'm not sure how much weight it could carry, but
at least if people like the ideas.
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Eric Dorland writes:
We may be their friends, but that shouldn't give us special privileges.
If what we are doing does not actually infringe their trademark we would
not be getting any special privileges.
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* John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Eric Dorland writes:
We may be their friends, but that shouldn't give us special privileges.
If what we are doing does not actually infringe their trademark we would
not be getting any special privileges.
What we are doing already is against their
I wrote:
If what we are doing does not actually infringe their trademark we would
not be getting any special privileges.
Eric Dorland writes:
What we are doing already is against their trademark policy. We're being
offered an agreement specific to Debian to bypass that. I would call that
* Michael K. Edwards ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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* John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Exactly. If Debian doesn't need such an arrangement, neither do our
users.
And if our users don't need such an arrangement, our accepting it does
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* Michael K. Edwards ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I wouldn't say accept it, I would say acknowledge the safety zone
offered unilaterally by the Mozilla Foundation, and as a courtesy to
them make some effort to stay comfortably within it while
* John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Eric Dorland writes:
If we don't need the arrangement, why exactly would we accept it
anyway?
Because they want it and it costs us nothing to give it to them. They are
our friends. Let's accommodate them where we can.
We may be their friends,
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* John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Exactly. If Debian doesn't need such an arrangement, neither do our users.
And if our users don't need such an arrangement, our accepting it does not
put us in a privileged position with respect to
Eric Dorland writes:
If we don't need the arrangement, why exactly would we accept it
anyway?
Because they want it and it costs us nothing to give it to them. They are
our friends. Let's accommodate them where we can.
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John Hasler wrote:
Alexander Sack writes:
In general the part of the MoFo brand we are talking about is the product
name (e.g. firefox, thunderbird, sunbird). From what I can recall now, it
is used in the help menu, the about box, the package-name and the window
title bar.
I'm not convinced
On 6/17/05, Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
Alexander Sack writes:
In general the part of the MoFo brand we are talking about is the product
name (e.g. firefox, thunderbird, sunbird). From what I can recall now, it
is used in the help menu, the about box, the
Gerv writes:
If I label the car I've built as a Ford (even if it uses a lot of Ford
parts), it infringes Ford's trademark.
Not until you try to sell it. Ford Motor Company does not own the word
'Ford'. They merely have the exclusive right to sell automobiles (and
related parts and services)
Michael writes:
Debian doesn't need such an arrangement, as I argued in a previous
thread six months ago; there's the Coty v. Prestonettes standard and all
that. But IMHO it would be advisable for both sides if such an
arrangement were reached.
Exactly. If Debian doesn't need such an
* John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Michael writes:
Debian doesn't need such an arrangement, as I argued in a previous
thread six months ago; there's the Coty v. Prestonettes standard and all
that. But IMHO it would be advisable for both sides if such an
arrangement were reached.
Humberto Massa Guimares wrote:
What trademarks are you referring to? Already the Debian
packages don't use any of the trademarked images and logos?
If we don't use any trademarked images, logos, or phrases, what
exactly are we talking about here?
As I think this is a very nice
Alexander Sack writes:
In general the part of the MoFo brand we are talking about is the product
name (e.g. firefox, thunderbird, sunbird). From what I can recall now, it
is used in the help menu, the about box, the package-name and the window
title bar.
I'm not convinced that any of these
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