On Thursday 12 June 2014 09:06:05 Mark H. Wood wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 09:34:51AM +0200, Werner Koch wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 02:45, jer...@jerome.cc said: > [snip] > > > > any copyright issue we might have to use another name, at least > > > until we get approval to use the traditional Adele name from the > > > copyright holder.> > > A name is not copyrightable, in particular not a common name like > > that of Peter's Grandma. In any case, if it is really GPL, it is > > not a problem at all. > > Copyright isn't used for names, but a name in association with a > business or service can, in some jurisdictions, be protected by > *trademark* or *service mark*.
In Germany resp. the EU "Adele" does not seem to be a registered trademark for computer software. (I've quickly checked this via https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/einsteiger?lang=en.) Regards, Ingo
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