If I get it right then the word Edition is the problem not Ubuntu it self! how about "Muslim Ubuntu"!
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 6:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Canonical contacted us last may, but the email was sent to Rashid, and > either he didn't get it or didn't forward it :( > > so let's go for a new name! > > Mehdi > > > ----- Forwarded message from [email protected] ----- > Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:42:34 +0000 > From: Michelle Surtees-Myers <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Michelle Surtees-Myers <[email protected]> > Subject: [Fwd: Re: Ubuntu Muslim Edition] > To: [email protected] > > Dear Mehdi, > > Thank you for contacting us. > > I have attached below the original response I sent to a member of your > team with regard to the request to use Ubuntu Muslim Edition. I got > this name from your website. > > As you can see, my email was sent in May 2008. > > Unfortunately we cannot allow you to use Ubuntu Muslim Edition. The word > Edition has a very specific meaning for the Ubuntu project and we do not > allow different projects to refer to editions. > > The attached email outlines our position in more detail. > > I am sorry for any work that you will have to do to change the name, but > as I said, I did write to you last year about this. > > I trust that you understand our position in this regard. > > Kind regards, > > Michelle > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Ubuntu Muslim Edition > Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 12:41:26 +0100 > From: Michelle Surtees-Myers <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > CC: Jeroen Vermeulen <[email protected]> > References: <[email protected]> > > > > To whom it may concern, > > I hope that I am contacting the right person in this regard, but if not, > please let me know who I should contact. I work as part of the Trademark > team at Canonical. > > While we greatly appreciate your enthusiasm for Ubuntu, and appreciate > the time and effort you devote to the project, I'm afraid there are > trademark related issues with your project. We've tried to define a > reasonable trademark policy that allows people to customise Ubuntu, and > use the marks to promote the project, while at the same preserving the > integrity of the marks. In case you haven't seen it, that policy is at > > http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy > > There are trademark issues with the Ubuntu Muslim Edition and to the url > ubuntume. > > In terms of our trademark policy, we do not allow the use of the word > Edition. Edition is a special word in the Ubuntu project and calling > something an Edition implies that this is part of the Ubuntu project, > which is not the case and is therefore misleading. We certainly > encourage people to make custom versions of Ubuntu, and we have > established the "remix" concept and terminology to allow use of the > trademark if the changes are minimal or include only software from the > Ubuntu repositories. > > We also do not allow the use of Ubuntu in a url as again this implies an > official link to the Ubuntu project which is misleading. In this case > there is an obvious clash with our own UME, which is confusing. > > Again, I'd like to stress that we appreciate your enthusiasm for Ubuntu, > and that the basic activities of what you are doing is fine - it's one > of the freedoms and powers provided by open source software. But I'm > afraid that using the Ubuntu name and logo (in product name, on website, > etc) to refer to your own product/project simply doesn't work and needs > to be changed. > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > > Kind regards, > > > Michelle > > -- > Kind regards > > Michelle Surtees-Myers > Canonical UK Ltd > Tel: +44 207 630 2474 Fax: +44 207 630 2401 > > Ubuntu - Linux for human beings > > > > > -- > Kind regards > > Michelle Surtees-Myers > Canonical UK Ltd > Tel: +44 207 630 2474 Fax: +44 207 630 2401 > > Ubuntu - Linux for human beings > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntume.team<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntume.team> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntume.team<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntume.team> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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