> > Thats an important issue. Is it a legal problem? > > 2010/9/21 David W. Hodgins <[email protected]>: >> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:15:05 -0400, Lawrence A Fossi >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> It's inevitable that Mageia would be claimed on some accounts.. a quick >>> Google turned up 1 US business 1 guy on Twitter >>> and a second with JA-Mageia..all on page 1 of the search >>> http://sites.google.com/site/johnwellssr/home >> >> Ouch! ?Is this a show stopper for the name mageia? >> http://mageia.com/ >> >> The domain was registered in 2001, with the ownership hidden >> by Domains by Proxy. ?The sites.google.com, and the >> "Recent Site Activity" link on mageia.com shows it's >> being maintained by "John Wells Sr". >> >> Note that the logo consists of the site name in a stylized >> script, with the phrase "Isn't it magic", as the "future Web >> home for Mageia Minerals of Chassell, Michigan". ?The site >> consists of a single page hosted on sites.google.com. ?The >> recent activity indicates it was all created July 26th, 2010. >> >> While mageia.org is not the same as mageia.com, I expect >> a lot of users are going to accidentally go to the wrong >> site. >> >> Is this going to be potential legal problem? >>
Could be. I think the team failed to do something very basic before they made a final decision on the name - mageia.org, mageia.com, mageia.net mageia.eu. Maybe they did and did not think it was something to fret about. Hopefully it is not, but it does not look good from my end. -- Fini Decima http://linuxbsdos.com _______________________________________________ Mageia-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss
