On Iau, 2005-03-24 at 22:50, Tim Ney, GNOME Foundation wrote: > Can you post questions to the WiKi for one-stop review? > http://live.gnome.org/Trademark
"You may not edit this page" - and UserPreferences seems to be missing a privacy policy... Anyway: User group: A *lot* better than before. Still a little broken but going in the right direction. Four issues that haven't yet been raised on the wiki page: - Jurisdiction clause is invalid in some countries. Worse it may be enforcable in others. - Domain name stuff allows GNOME to hijack arbitary domains of anyone who signs it. If they register a mark in the US for a name already used outside the US then the user group must hand over the domain. - Print format includes T-Shirts (non-commercial) - is that intentional. - Requirement for statement on the usergroup case doesn't allow translations so will have comical results in some countries, and even could prevent the license being signed in others Suggest you add "and/or appropriate approved translations" - Usage Guidelines - look basically sane. Given what GNOME is about suggest adding areas in which the mark is held. Also something to make it more friendly such as "You may have other rights and restrictions in US or other national law on the use of the marks. It is not the intent of this document to claim to deny you such rights. Trademark law is a complex field and a full explanation would require a complete textbook. If in doubt consult your attorney" The paranoid part of me says it should also say "No part of these usage guidelines shall be held to form a contract between GNOME and another party" This is real progress. I'll continue to use the GNOME marks from the GPL copies I received and assert estoppel rather than sign such a license but its getting there. Alan _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list