That's simply necessary in order to protect the legal status of the trademark in the US. Please don't blame JInc for that; go holler at your local gov't rep to change the trademark laws :-(
Dave Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ashvil wrote: > > > The first mention of Jabber on a website, brochure, etc. should include > the [tm] symbol. In addition, the homepage (but not every page) of a website > should include text stating "JabberT is a trademark of Jabber, Inc." (for an > example, see the jabber.org homepage). > > This is more than a trademark issue. I don't think the above condition is > compatible with the goal of having an Open protocol. > > As Peter said, Please Join the TM mailing list to voice your opinion. > > Regards, > Ashvil > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Saint-Andre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 5:23 AM > Subject: [JDEV] new Jabber Trademark list > > > > In today's Jabber Software Foundation discussion (you can view the log at > > > http://www.jabber.org/chatbot/logs/conference.jabber.org/foundation/2002-04- > 17.html), > > we decided to create a new mailing list for ongoing discussion of the > > ownership, status, and administration of the Jabber trademark. Why a > > separate list? Because the trademark issue is of interest to people > > outside the JSF membership, but we had been discussing it only on the > > members list, which seemed exclusionary. Therefore, to follow the > > trademark discussion you will need to sign up for the TM list: > > > > http://www.jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tm > > > > Also, I have put together a preliminary trademark issues list based on > > our online meeting today: > > > > http://www.jabber.org/tmp/tm-issues.html > > > > Let me know if you have any questions or concerns, or if you would like > > additional items added to the issues list. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > Peter Saint-Andre > > email+jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > weblog: http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > jdev mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > > > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
