Tweet appears to have been answered here http://blog.twitter.com/2009/07/may-tweets-be-with-you.html
On Jan 13, 7:51 pm, DeWitt Clinton <dclin...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's great news. Thank you, Ryan. > > How about terms like "tweet" and "retweet"? Or more generally, any word on > the questions raised in the "Question about licensing" thread? > > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread... > > In particular, it would be great to get clarification in writing on > twitter.com -- not sure if your mail here is binding :) -- about the terms > for acceptable trademark usage, copyright claims, and patent claims, for > third party libraries and third party implementations of the Twitter API. > > I fully understand that these are difficult questions, and certainly > appreciate the effort it takes to get all the legal concerns addressed. > Thanks again for chasing these down! > > -DeWitt > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Ryan Sarver <rsar...@twitter.com> wrote: > > Duane, > > > I've been able to follow up with our lawyers and they confirmed that it is > > ok to include "Twitter" in the name of libraries that developers build. > > Sorry it took so long to follow up, but I wanted to make sure we got a > > strong, final answer back before responding. > > > Best, Ryan > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Duane Roelands > > <duane.roela...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> A question for the Twitter team: > > >> I'm the developer and maintainer of an open source library called > >> "TwitterVB". Can I expect a nastygram from your lawyers at some > >> point? Or is there some way I can have the project "vetted" to avoid > >> such a thing in the future?
