Ronnie,
You certainly are correct in your statement that many sites are breaking
Canonical's trademark. My LoCo is doing it with our blog at
http://alabamaubuntu.org. BUT there is a big difference between your site
and my site.
I am NOT trying to make money off of the site. I am, in fact, sticking to
the community spirit of Ubuntu and spreading the message. If Canonical came
to me and asked (or told) me to change the name, then I would. I certainly
would not take it to an official Ubuntu channel and degrade the members
because of the actions that Canonical took against me.
I wish you well in your endeavors, but I will not use your service because
of the actions that you have brought to this list. Like Jeremy said, had you
taken a different tact, you could have avoided a lot of misunderstanding and
probably not made such a bad name for yourself or your business.
Michael Ramm
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On 3/11/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> yes they made me change my original name which was ourbuntu. They were
> very enthused that I created this site but that the buntu part of my site
> name was on of their trademarks and that they could not grant permission
> since the policy clearly states they will not do so for commercial type
> sites..
>
> I kept it similar to ubuntu not because of trying to steal or confuse but
> simply because the site is more focused on ubuntu computers rather than
> just general linux systems... I wanted that to be clear from the door.
>
> I did this because I believe in ubuntu, I also believe if new users are
> going to be looking for linux machines they will want an ubuntu machine
> first.
>
> There are a massive amount of sites on the internet that break Ubuntu's
> trademark policy just with their domain names... no site can have ubuntu
> or buntu in their site name and make money off of their website or
> business.. Yet this is done constantly but individuals sooo i'm not quite
> sure why i'm catching so much heat.
>
> just one of the thousands examples of this is http://www.ubuntugeek.com/
>
>
> sincerely,
> ronnie
>
> >
> > tis 2008-03-11 klockan 09:19 -0600 skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> >> I'm just having trouble understand why individuals can't have projects
> >> or
> >> hobby sites anymore why does it always have to be about professionalism
> >> and business... just strikes me as strange
> >>
> >> Its a small auction site for anyone who wants to sell linux machines
> >> preferrably Ubuntu machines... and nothing more... Its my project/hobby
> >> site... I enjoy having such a project/hobby
> >>
> >> I am sorry I'm not a big business I'm just a guy with a lil site..
> >>
> >> If you miss or want big business back in your life that bad i'm sure MS
> >> has a chair (or straight jacket) waiting for you.
> >>
> >
>
> > Well, the problem as I see it isn't that you have built a little
> > business around ubuntu - I think that's a great thing! What I do not
> > like, on the other hand, is the way you use the ubuntu graphics and
> > slogans/texts on your site. It feels very much like I'm stepping into a
> > canonlical-shop.
> >
> > Have you even talked to any of the ubuntu-teams, or canonical iteslf?
> >
> > Gasten
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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