I don't think is trademark law to silence a critic. I think it is trademark law to protect a trademark.
Was news to me though and I am checking into it. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Troy Ready <[email protected]> wrote: > Doesn't seem that bad to me. I could agree that it's against "the spirit" of > open source, but they've put a ton of time and money into promoting the > brand of ubuntu and I don't think it's unreasonable for them to be wary of > allowing very negative websites using that branding to go unanswered. > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Grant Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> wow! >> >> RT @lcafiero RT @marciahofmann: Oh, Canonical. It's silly to use trademark >> law to try to silence a critic! Especially a critic who works at @EFF. >> https://t.co/25ipxoHxPY >> >> I am not happy to read about this in this way. Thoughts? >> >> fyi, >> Grant >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> > > > > -- > -Troy > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Jono Bacon Ubuntu Community Manager www.ubuntu.com / www.jonobacon.org www.identi.ca/jonobacon www.twitter.com/jonobacon -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
