On 7/14/06, Eugenia Loli-Queru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (original message included below)
> >you're also using a trademark without proper authorization! > > I don't know what "proper authorization" would be (you mean, in writing?). i guess so, i'm not a lawyer thank god :P > but the Gnome Board HAS discussed the Gnomefiles situation last year. This > is the email I received some time ago from a Gnome member ... if the board is cool with the site, i guess you're ok. but i just meant you *could* potentially not be ok, if the board changed its mind. my point was: please realize you're using a trademark, so you can't just post whatever you feel like in the name of that trademark, without expecting any kind of control/authorization from the trademark holder. and please don't take this like a personal attack towards gnomefiles, or anything like that: i really like the site and i use it frequently... but you still have to understand that gnome is not your trademark. > ... So no, I am not > willing to remove non-Free apps from the listing. and i didn't ask you to (nor could or would i do such thing). i just said that it wasn't just your call but also the gnome foundation's, at least if you wanted to keep using the gnome trademark. > >> GnomeFiles.org is a GTK software repository. > > why not calling it gtkfiles.org then?? > > Marketing. Users don't generally know what GTK really is. sounds like a good reason. but please understand that your decision of using a trademark puts your website (at least indirectly) under the control of the gnome foundation. greetings, -- Santiago Roza Proyecto Tiny ERP Argentina Departamento I+D - Thymbra [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 7/14/06, Eugenia Loli-Queru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >you're also using a trademark without proper authorization! > > I don't know what "proper authorization" would be (you mean, in writing?), > but the Gnome Board HAS discussed the Gnomefiles situation last year. This > is the email I received some time ago from a Gnome member: > > "The GNOME board have now discussed that issue and come to the agree that > you and gnomefiles.org are generally doing a very good job that we are happy > with. GNOME choose the LGPL for multiple reasons, allowing non-gpl including > non-free software is one of those. That said we do support free software > above non-free and we feel that should in some way or form come through. > [...] If you would also be willing to consider marking non-free software > clearer as such, maybe boldfacing their license field or something that > would also be appreciated. " > > And this has happened, I have complied with this request (all non-Free apps > are now marked as such). I am not sure what more it can be done for this, it > seems that the Board doesn't have a problem with Gnomefiles generally > speaking especially after fixing the only standing issue. So no, I am not > willing to remove non-Free apps from the listing. I prefer open source > applications too (don't get me wrong), it's just that I also want the site > to be a full, complete GTK+ app list. > > >> GnomeFiles.org is a GTK software repository. > > why not calling it gtkfiles.org then?? > > Marketing. Users don't generally know what GTK really is. It would fail if > it was called gtkfiles and people couldn't even pronounce the name of the > site. We like it or not, Gnome is the best ambassador for GTK. And that's > why the site was named as such. In fact, MOST of our readers ARE Gnome > users! And most of the applications listed there DO use the Gnome libraries! > Gnome is in the HEART of the site, even if the site allows non-gnome apps > too. > However, I think that gtkfiles.org is also registered, but it's not pointing > anywhere atm. I am not sure if the owner actually bought the domain name > when I asked him to do so 2 years ago. But I _did_ ask him to do so. I am > just not sure if it went anywhere. > > Sorry I can't reply to the list just yet, my emails somehow don't go > through and I have unsubscribed. I tried re-subscribing but the > authorization hasn't arrive yet. Quim, if you would be so kind and forward > my email to the list? > > thanks, > Eugenia -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
