Obviously no one wants to get involved in a legal struggle, but I hope that the board passed this by a competent lawyer. I have three in my family - one who is chief counsel to a very large data services company not related to EMC. He might be willing to take a look at it - no charge. I know he does some pro bono work from time to time. He was on CNN recently for some work he has been doing pro bono. This guy is top tier.
They might be great guys but they are trying to take something away from us and probably for no good reason - other than the fact that they think they can. Don't assume that you will lose due to the size difference. I am settling a case right now with, I believe, the largest scrap company in the US - out of court. I filed a case against them and they realized they had no case. If you guys alter your decision - count me in on the legal defense fund. Setup a Paypal account and you can have my first $100 today - I'm serious. Dave On 1/18/2012 6:42 AM, EBo wrote: > Ick... Oh well, it looks like Fred Proctor published the first paper > in 1993, and emc.com incorporated in 1994... At least they were nice > about it so it sounds like. To bad we could not skip 2 and move on to 3 > ;-) Actually them copyrighting/trademarking what is in essence > Einstein's equation is a little odd, but Oh well. > > Thanks for the elucidation and the documentation. The link to the > announcement might be a good addendum to the FAQ. > > EBo -- > > On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:36:27 +0200, Alex Joni wrote: > >> The link I sent describes some of the questions EBo had (why it is >> necessary, etc) >> >> As of the discussion, trust me - nothing would have been nicer than >> to let >> someone else (even the community) handle it. >> Unfortunately the board was approached. and by the current bylaws the >> same >> board was required to go through the process of finding and enforcing >> a >> solution. >> >> Regards, >> Alex >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Chris Morley >> To: EMC DEV >> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:22 AM >> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Rebranding EMC2 to LinuxCNC >> >> >> Alex I'm sure he meant discussion before the decision was made :) >> This is the first I have ever heard of any problems with out name. >> >> Chris M >> >> >> >>> From: alex.j...@robcon.ro >>> To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:51:59 +0200 >>> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Rebranding EMC2 to LinuxCNC >>> >>> Hi Ebo, >>> >>> the announcement was done on the emc users list. >>> For you (and probably others) who are subscribed only to the >>> developers >>> list, here is a link: >>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/32195 >>> >>> Regards, >>> Alex >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "EBo"<e...@sandien.com> >>> To:<emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:53 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Rebranding EMC2 to LinuxCNC >>> >>> >>> >>>> I've completely missed any discussion on the matter. Why is >>>> >>> rebranding >>> >>>> "necessary"? Is there a FAQ/history that explains the rebranding? >>>> >>> I >>> >>>> did a quick look and it was not in the obvious places (ie on >>>> LinuxCNC.org's online documentation). >>>> >>>> On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:47:07 -0500, Steve Stallings wrote: >>>> >>>>> I concur that the change will appear somewhat >>>>> abrupt to those who do not follow things closely, >>>>> and will confuse many. >>>>> >>>>> The re-branding to avoid the use of "EMC" and >>>>> "EMC2" may be necessary, but the obliteration >>>>> of "Enhanced Machine Controller" is not, in my >>>>> opinion, necessary or desirable at this time. >>>>> A reference on the home page that equates >>>>> LinuxCNC with Enhanced Machine Controller would >>>>> seem desirable to mitigate the impact of the >>>>> change. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Steve Stallings >>>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! >>> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft >>> developers >>> is just $99.99! 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