Citations? Who has trademarked those words? I don't believe you that anyone has gotten legal trademark of those.
On 04/17/2015 09:33 AM, Aurélien DESBRIÈRES wrote: > Normal words cannot be trademark you say ... some people have trademark > god christ freedom free ... > > The "normality" is what is not for some others ... > > Regards > > Aaron Wolf <[email protected]> writes: > >> One clarification: To say simply: While Trademark is important, Git is >> *abusing* their trademark by not simply accept GitBull quickly. The >> situation is stupid. Git had *no* reason to stop a Kallithea host from >> using a Git name, and trademark law should not give them that level of >> power. If a service is fully and completely using Git software and doing >> nothing that misrepresents their relationship to Git, they should be >> accepted. However, Git *should* have the ability to complain and stop >> the service from using the name if they start doing anything that could >> be confused. >> >> I think instead of stopping the use of the name, Git should simply >> require a statement like "This service uses Git software but is not >> officially connected to the Git project or endorsed by the Git project." >> >> On 04/17/2015 09:13 AM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> Thanks for the news. >>> >>> Please learn more about trademark though. Trademark is NOT owning any >>> word. Normal words cannot be trademarked, and trademark isn't full >>> ownership of words. The Git project does not own the word "Git" if it >>> were used for something like a brand of ice cream. They do not own the >>> word in terms of people talking about the Git project. The do not >>> control it completely. They have exclusive control over only a small >>> area: the use of the word Git for *products* and *services* that are in >>> the area where people could confuse them for being official Git products >>> or services. >>> >>> In other words, trademark is a *consumer protection*. It helps make sure >>> that the public are not tricked into thinking something is an official >>> version or officially endorsed part of something when it is not. This >>> does not make anyone a slave. >>> >>> By complaining to you, Git was saying: "We don't know that we fully >>> endorse your GitBull service, and we are worried that the public may >>> think your service has official connection to the Git project. So, we >>> want to restrict the name Git here because we want people to know that >>> if they see Git in the name of something similar to or related to the >>> Git project that it isn't a fake thing or a trick or something." >>> >>> Now, *I* think it is wrong for Git to do anything other than realize >>> that GitBull was fine. But I do *not* think they should have no >>> trademark. I do *not* want someone else less responsible than you to >>> make Git-something that actually uses Git badly or pretends to be like >>> Git when it is actually not Git software but something similar but >>> different. That might make people have bad experience and think badly of >>> Git. Trademark is GOOD for the public, which is not true for patents and >>> copyright. >>> >>> On 04/17/2015 02:02 AM, Aurélien DESBRIÈRES wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello Coders! >>>> >>>> So ... on start this thread wake up with Alimiracle who request for >>>> support for fully free solution for his codes host. >>>> >>>> It is right that many solution already exist, but they are not all >>>> completly free or try to be, but are not. >>>> >>>> We try on our side to make this place a reality, which represent many >>>> trouble, but, find the way with kallithea. >>>> >>>> At first we have used the name gitbull, git for the tool ... bull for >>>> the horns of the gnu beast. >>>> >>>> But freedom is not the same in the mind of every humans. >>>> >>>> The Software Freedom Conservancy ping me (very correctly) but ping me on >>>> the fact we use the term git and the point that git is trademark. >>>> >>>> That make me discover that many things are trademark and by the way ping >>>> LibrePlanet to act on LibreMark. >>>> >>>> We can't own a name, because to make it short if i own the name earth >>>> you are all my slave. If I own the name fire, your ass will freeze ... >>>> >>>> A bit strong form of explanation, but simple enought to say that it is >>>> not because you own a word that in front the reality of this know part >>>> of the bubble universes where we live it is the reality. >>>> >>>> You don't own anything, but yes you can use the force to jail me. Very >>>> human and in human by the way. >>>> >>>> So, >>>> >>>> We push all our things to https://bull.codes >>>> >>>> and continue to make the things free as in freedom and price. >>>> >>>> I understand that this last point is very difficult for some people to >>>> understand, but if you think of this planet 7000 years before there were >>>> no money and things were not so bad. >>>> >>>> Maybe money is the chain of slavery you just don't have ping in your >>>> mind. >>>> >>>> Welcome to our Free Coding Community, Welcome to Bull Codes >>>> >>>> https://bull.codes >>>> >>>> >>> >> > <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign> >
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