On 1/17/2012 9:16 PM, Chris Radek wrote: > In the spring of 2011, the LinuxCNC Board of Directors was contacted > by a law firm representing EMC Corporation (www.emc.com) about the use > of "EMC" and "EMC2" to identify the software offered on linuxcnc.org. > EMC Corporation has registered various trademarks relating to EMC and > EMC^2 (EMC with superscripted numeral two). > > After a number of conversations with the representative of EMC > Corporation, the final result is that, starting with the next major > release of the software, linuxcnc.org will stop identifying the > software using "emc" or "EMC", or those terms followed by digits. To > the extent that the LinuxCNC Board of Directors controls the names > used to identify the software offered on linuxcnc.org, the board has > agreed to this. > > As a result, it was necessary to choose a new name for the software. > Of the options the board considered, there was consensus that > "LinuxCNC" is the best option, as this has been our website's name for > years.<...snip...> > > > Thank you for your continuing support of the LinuxCNC project. > > Yours, > The LinuxCNC Board of Directors: > Jeff Epler > Alex Joni > John Kasunich > Stephen Wille Padnos > Chris Radek > > Gentle persons:
I've often wondered about this. There's a large office building just down the road from me with EMC emblazoned on the side facing Interstate 270, a road thousands drive every day. It sounds like the Board and EMC Corp worked out a workable solution and I'll be happy to help effect it. I just hope that steps are being taken to be sure we protect the LinuxCNC mark. Regards, Kent PS - and now this old nitpicker no longer has to worry about whether the docs should call it EMC or EMC2 :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
