Re: debian names

2020-11-09 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Bjørn, Quoting Bjørn Mork (2020-11-09 10:33:55) > Jonas Smedegaard writes: > > > I would consider it highly unlikely that (Disney would claim and a court > > would agree with them, that) Pixar customers could confuse some Pixar > > products with a Debian release. > > I believe Disney

Re: debian names

2020-11-09 Thread Bjørn Mork
Jonas Smedegaard writes: > I would consider it highly unlikely that (Disney would claim and a court > would agree with them, that) Pixar customers could confuse some Pixar > products with a Debian release. I believe Disney lawyers are world famous for their ability to construct a legal

Intellectual Property Laws (Was: debian names)

2020-11-08 Thread Calum McConnell
On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 22:41 +0100, Jérémy Lal wrote: > Using toy story names for debian releases surely isn't free from any > Debian/pixar license ? > Or is it ? IANAL either, but I did a research project on IP law in the US, and our usage of the names are almost certainly fine, as explained by

Re: debian names

2020-11-08 Thread Jérémy Lal
Le lun. 9 nov. 2020 à 00:25, Paul Sutton a écrit : > On 08/11/2020 21:41, Jérémy Lal wrote: > > Using toy story names for debian releases surely isn't free from any > > disney/pixar license ? > > Or is it ? > > Given we have been using them for nearly 30 years (scary eh), I don't > think they

Re: debian names

2020-11-08 Thread Paul Sutton
On 08/11/2020 21:41, Jérémy Lal wrote: Using toy story names for debian releases surely isn't free from any disney/pixar license ? Or is it ? Given we have been using them for nearly 30 years (scary eh), I don't think they are going to bother too much. I think trademarks only become an

Re: debian names

2020-11-08 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Jérémy Lal (2020-11-08 22:41:56) > Using toy story names for debian releases surely isn't free from any > disney/pixar license ? > Or is it ? Possibly (but not certainly) those names are registered trademarks, which means the names would be protected for use within a certain domain (so

debian names

2020-11-08 Thread Jérémy Lal
Using toy story names for debian releases surely isn't free from any disney/pixar license ? Or is it ?