I just got another name Ethar : being selfless and give others [?]
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 6:36 PM, fadi al-katout <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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