On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 11:34 -0700, Russell Senior wrote: > >>>>> "Dylan" == Dylan Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dylan> Dave Mandel registered the name "PORTLAND LINUX/UNIX GROUP" > Dylan> with the state of Oregon in November of 1999. Had PDXLUG used > Dylan> that name after that time, Dave Mandel would have a legitimate > Dylan> beef. But we didn't. > > Dylan> Dave Mandel *also* registered the name "PORTLAND LINUX USERS > Dylan> GROUP" with the state of Oregon, but did so in July > Dylan> 2003... well after PDXLUG was making use of it. It's fairly > Dylan> clear that the fact that we *were* using it inspired the > Dylan> registration. > > Dylan> The point of name registration is to make it clear which names > Dylan> are in use by whom. There is some degree of passive > Dylan> entitlement to existing usage, but not much. If PLUG only > Dylan> claimed passive entitlement, that might be something... but > Dylan> PLUG really can't have it both ways here. Either you were > Dylan> entitled to that name when we started using it or you weren't. > Dylan> Dave's actions suggest that he knows you weren't. > > This has been debunked several times. PLUG never stopped using > "Portland Linux User Group". It just started using another name > _too_. I have pointed people at the wayback machine's history of the > PLUG Clinic website that demonstrates as much. I have described the > meeting at which the new name appeared. The timing of the July 2003 > registration is not relevant, it just codified previous practice. > >
If PLUG was using both names why would we need to use the wayback machine to look at a historic page where the phrase *used to be* used? Sounds like you deprecated the old phrase for the new one, which we then picked up and forked from. What is the liscensing on "a portland linux users group" ? _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug IRC: irc.freenode.net #pdxlug
