Christmas came and this thread was dropped... just to tie off:
Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
MJ Ray wrote:
Passing off is a little different, so I don't want to confuse that
with trademarks.
That's not something I know much about; a reference on the difference
would be
On 01/09/07 12:19, MJ Ray wrote:
That's not how things work in my experience. You are responsible for
everything on the CD. It has nothing to do with how you label it or if
you advertise it as included at all.
Maybe you are responsible for it, but how can strings encoded in a
recording on
On 12/21/06 08:18, Gervase Markham wrote:
I admit this is a bit stretched, but I find it hard to understand how we
come to a position where Debian can label anything it likes with any
trademarks it likes in its distribution, as long as it doesn't write the
trademarks on the outside of the CD.
On 12/18/06 09:02, MJ Ray wrote:
If the label is not on the outside of the CD or otherwise used in the
course of trade by the distributor, how is the trademark infringed by
the distributor?
That's not how things work in my experience. You are responsible for
everything on the CD. It has
Jeff Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 12/18/06 09:02, MJ Ray wrote:
If the label is not on the outside of the CD or otherwise used in the
course of trade by the distributor, how is the trademark infringed by
the distributor?
That's not how things work in my experience. You are responsible for
Gervase Markham wrote:
The Python Software Foundation trademark policy[0] says the following:
# Use of the word Python when redistributing the Python programming
language as part of a freely distributed application -- Allowed. If the
standard version of the Python programming language
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gervase Markham
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
MJ Ray wrote:
If I purchase Debian CDs and type python, or I do man python and
read all about the interpreter which I can invoke by typing python
which interprets the Python programming language, or I install
python-doc
MJ Ray wrote:
Passing off is a little different, so I don't want to confuse that
with trademarks.
That's not something I know much about; a reference on the difference
would be appreciated if you have one.
How is Python being used by the distributor to label the shipped
version of CPython
On 12/21/06 08:18, Gervase Markham wrote:
I admit this is a bit stretched, but I find it hard to understand how we
come to a position where Debian can label anything it likes with any
trademarks it likes in its distribution, as long as it doesn't write the
trademarks on the outside of the CD.
MJ Ray wrote:
If I purchase Debian CDs and type python, or I do man python and
read all about the interpreter which I can invoke by typing python
which interprets the Python programming language, or I install
python-doc and read some more, isn't that use of the trademark?
What trade is
Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sigh Could you really not work out what I meant?
sigh No. I had no idea how you think the trademark is being
infringed in your example.
The CD I have been sold by the Debian distributor uses the Python
trademarks to label their shipped version of the
MJ Ray wrote:
Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As I understand it, Debian uses the name Python to refer to its Python
implementation and the name `python' for the executable. Does this mean
that all commercial distributors of Debian need to get permission from
the PSF, or alter
Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...] This is a complete, standalone,
unqualified sentence, and therefore applies to all commercial
distribution, including people selling Debian CDs.
Well, it applies to all commercial distribution which uses the
Python trademark. None of the
Artwork
MJ Ray wrote:
Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...] This is a complete, standalone,
unqualified sentence, and therefore applies to all commercial
distribution, including people selling Debian CDs.
Well, it applies to all commercial distribution which uses the
Python trademark.
Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
MJ Ray wrote:
Well, it applies to all commercial distribution which uses the
Python trademark.
Right. And doesn't calling some software Python count as using the
Python trademark? (The word, not any logos there might happen to be.)
I think it
The Python Software Foundation trademark policy[0] says the following:
# Use of the word Python when redistributing the Python programming
language as part of a freely distributed application -- Allowed. If the
standard version of the Python programming language is modified, this
should
Gervase Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As I understand it, Debian uses the name Python to refer to its Python
implementation and the name `python' for the executable. Does this mean
that all commercial distributors of Debian need to get permission from
the PSF, or alter their copy of the
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