"Eric G. Miller" wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 01:00:38PM -0500, Balbir Thomas wrote: > > Hi, > > Yet another case of open source developers being harassed. Adobe > > lawyers ask developer of killustrator to pay fines for using a name > > that abuses their trade mark illustrator. Go read about it at slashdot > > , and then give your feedback to Adobe. I already did. We can't let > > such harassment go without being protested. If I were a conspiracy > > theorist I would see a pattern here . While corporation are leagly > > portected to indulge in some kinds of "negative advertising" as a > > "competitive stratergy" open source developer are sued because the > > english language words are now "trademarks". > > Protest all you like, but I think Adobe probably has a valid claim of > trademark infringement. It doesn't take any stretch of imagination to > see that "KIllustrator" is a knock-off of "Adobe Illustrator [tm]". > Like it or not, probably any U.S. court would agree. I'm sure the > "KIllustrator" folks will just change the name and move on. Nothing > will be gained by stuffing Adobe's inbox with rants. While Adobe has > been circumspect about Linux and *BSD, a bunch of rants is more likely > just to irritate them and make them not want to support Linux/*BSD in > the future.
<:-)> they should rename KIllustrator to: Adobe Illustrator Replacement that should be covered by fair use (it only refers to adobe illustrator which is allowed) </:-)> erik