On 2017-06-08 20:30:45, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 05:23:02PM -0400, Antoine Beaupré wrote: >> On 2017-05-17 10:57:00, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >> > Control: block -1 by 861772 >> > >> > Please do not upload this package yet. I'm blocking this RFP with an >> > RFS I filed, and have tagged it moreinfo while I investigate the >> > severity of a possible trademark infringement issue. I expect that to >> > be solved quickly, hopefully before you get back. >> >> Any news here? > > My end of May and beginning of June were unexpectedly busy/fun, and I > was slow to get the process going. At present I'm waiting to replies > to these inquiries.
On 2017-09-28 09:45:00, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > Yes, I asked a fairly generic question somewhere on OFTC, then > privately contacted upstream, and got in contact with debian-legal > with upstream's consent. IIRC they recommended upstream rename as the > easiest course of action (I forget if that was public or private), and > provided an alternative that requires a bit of work (and less > certainty). What's at stake? As I understand it, potential > (American) lawyer fees, and/or headaches of needing to pull things > offline in a hurry. > > Upstream recently send me an email, and is busy with IRL stuff. I > remain optimistic this will be resolved this fall. Hi! Pinging again here... Did you get any news from upstream? You mentioned a discussion with debian-legal... I looked (briefly) in the archives and didn't find a trace of this in the mailing list. Can we get a better idea of what the legal issue is in general? You mention trademark infringement, which trademark? What's our next step here? Or did you switch to olivetti mode? :) A. -- Either you're with us or you're with the terrorist state.
