On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 6:09 AM Christoph Cullmann <christ...@cullmann.io> wrote: > > On 2020-07-08 18:12, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > > Recently we've noticed some KDE apps ending up on the Microsoft Store > > uploaded by unknown third parties. Maybe to up some credit score for > > their developer account. Maybe to install bitcoin miners. We don't > > know the motivations. Since it's all free software the licence allows > > it. > > Hi, > > have you some links to these applications?
I believe Jonathan will be referring to https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/kdiff-3-diff-utility/9ndvvx243rfh?activetab=pivot:overviewtab# > > > > > One option is to claim Trademark on all our app names. This isn't > > hard, we just add the ™ onto the name anywhere we have it on our > > website starting with kde.org/applications [1]. Some apps such as > > KOffice have done this in the past anyway. This doesn't cost > > anything, only a registered trademark (which uses the ®. logo) costs > > money. It might give us more ability to take down random people > > posting our software on app stores. It might also make us look more > > corporate than we want to look and put off Linux distros from shipping > > our software. > > > > Should we add ™ next to the app names? > > As other already posted, I don't think this is sufficient nor do I think > that is really the direction we should move to. (at least for Kate, I am > fine with the status quo). I concur with that sentiment. > > Greetings > Christoph Cheers, Ben > > > > > Jonathan > > > > > > > > Links: > > ------ > > [1] http://kde.org/applications > > -- > Ignorance is bliss... > https://cullmann.io | https://kate-editor.org