Trademarking doesn't do much other than allowing someone/thing to take some ownership of a name to make sure that someone else can't openly use the same "name".
Remember when EMC2 became LinuxCNC? That was due to what EMC saw as a trademark infringement. (Which I still think was BS.. ) If their screen is a derived work and they offer to give the source code to anyone who buys the system, then I believe that they are perfectly ok when it comes to the GPL. Smithy used EMC2 as their machine controller for years. They called it the EZTrol or something close to that. http://www.smithy.com/node/628 As I recall, they never mentioned that they were using EMC2 as their controller in their product literature. I don't know if Smithy ever contributed anything back to the EMC2 community. Dave On 2/19/2015 11:13 AM, Len Shelton wrote: > Your logic falls apart when > > DISPLAY = PathPilot > > yet PathPilot *includes* the Gremlin display. > > It further fails to pass muster when the headline reads: > Introducing PathPilot™, Tormach’s new machine controller > > rather than: > Introducing PathPilot™, Tormach’s new GUI for LinuxCNC > > ...especially when its punctuated with a trade mark symbol. > > Or maybe I am just crazy :-) > > >Len > > > > On 2/19/2015 3:57 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: >> If the TP code is linked into LinuxCNC, rather than communicating with >> it over an API, then it is a derived work, but when you look at your ini, >> and see something like: >> >> # Name of display program, e.g., tkemc >> DISPLAY = axis >> >> then you realise that the display program is separate, and so a proprietary >> replacement for Axis is not a derived work, and Tormach's generosity has >> no need (or good reason) to be greater than it is, AFAICT. >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
