There is one upside to all this. Having an actively managed trademark prevents situations like an NEC dealer using Asterisk as a keyword for his "Has your Asterisk box crashed? Call NEC" or some other campaign which uses the Asterisk 'brand' in a negative or exploitive way.
How ticked would you be if you saw someone selling a BCM with an ad like "Asterisk SUX! Get a supported phone system at www.nortel.com" I don't think the Diguim folks have completely lost hold of their senses. There is a rationale behind this and I think that it is somewhat in service of the community but we have an instinctive reaction to any implication that The Man is going to limit our actions. Just a thought. Dave On Jan 18, 2008 5:40 AM, Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure this is going to be a popular move: > > http://flatplanetphone.com/wordpress/?p=450 > > So the GPL says we can download > [the-open-source-pbx-that-I-am-not-licensed-to-say], and can sell it, but > our businesses can't talk about it without permission? > > This is going to get complex. > > > -- > Jim Van Meggelen > Core Telecom Innovations > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.coretel.ca > 416-425-6111 x6001 > 877-CORETEL x6001 (Canada) > www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 > http://downloads.oreilly.com/books/9780596510480.pdf > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
