Darn phone keyboard: "non-English" On Nov 8, 2013 10:19 AM, "Peter Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Also just as a legal aside, Ubuntu is _actually_ a real word in a real > living language. As such no court in any country on God's Green Earth would > do more than merely laugh the case out as it has no merit. > I name a distro 'community' and trademark it (not likely but if I use a no > my English equivalent) does that mean I own it? Of course not. > I'm not saying this to be a jerk to Canonical as I have the deepest > respect; I'm saying this so people don't get unduly cross. > Trademark a graphic of your own design? Yes. > Trademark a living (and historical) word & concept? No. > On Nov 8, 2013 10:09 AM, "nuboon2age" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is no way to promote Free (as in freedom) Software. Then again >> Shuttleworth seems to have lost the narrative thread of Free Software. When >> the project began he used to talk about promoting Free Software all the >> time. Now? Not at all. >> >> Ubuntu to you, >> >> Drew >> On Nov 8, 2013 4:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Send Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list submissions to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> [email protected] >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Ubuntu-us-ca digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Privacy, Trademark & Canonical (Grant Bowman) >>> 2. Re: Privacy, Trademark & Canonical (Troy Ready) >>> 3. Re: Privacy, Trademark & Canonical (Jono Bacon) >>> 4. Re: Privacy, Trademark & Canonical (C S) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:50:48 -0800 >>> From: Grant Bowman <[email protected]> >>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark & Canonical >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> >>> 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 >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/attachments/20131107/d335ec2b/attachment-0001.html >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 17:04:21 -0800 >>> From: Troy Ready <[email protected]> >>> To: Ubuntu US California <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark & Canonical >>> Message-ID: >>> < >>> cam9f0atapm0-vs3zpo2xz+xxb1l856dfcmq8weapzn4oheq...@mail.gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> >>> 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 >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/attachments/20131107/a8f05086/attachment-0001.html >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 3 >>> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 17:07:24 -0800 >>> From: Jono Bacon <[email protected]> >>> To: Ubuntu US California <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark & Canonical >>> Message-ID: >>> <CALA+0ernSEUpqvELuORVk+z_wrYuTvV=Q3MzQznA== >>> [email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 4 >>> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:08:32 -0800 >>> From: C S <[email protected]> >>> To: Ubuntu US California <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark & Canonical >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >>> >>> I can see both sides of the coin on this one. However, I feel that >>> Ubuntu should be more transparent about their search/privacy policy and >>> be upfront with users about having the option to disable the search >>> function, if so desired. >>> >>> >>> On 11/07/2013 05:07 PM, Jono Bacon wrote: >>> > 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 >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >>> >>> >>> End of Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 78, Issue 5 >>> ******************************************* >>> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> >>
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