Re: Groupon @ Phoronix
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Emmanuele Bassi wrote: > as explained during the AGM at GUADEC, yes: the board is exploring > legal venues, but the board cannot be more specific because of that. > Thanks for the info, Emmanuele. Meg > > ciao, > Emmanuele. > > On 31 July 2014 16:38, meg ford wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:56 AM, Olav Vitters wrote: > >> > >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTc1MjI > >> > >> | Hopefully the GNOME Foundation and others will be able to extrude > >> | their forces in clearing up this odd and unfortunate situation. > > > > > > Has GNOME's legal counsel contacted Groupon about the trademark > violation? I > > haven't read the law, iirc we need to assert that we own the trademark > or we > > can lose it because we "fail to police". > > > > Meg > >> > >> -- > >> Regards, > >> Olav > >> ___ > >> foundation-list mailing list > >> foundation-list@gnome.org > >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > > > > > > > ___ > > foundation-list mailing list > > foundation-list@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > > > > > -- > http://www.bassi.io > [@] ebassi [@gmail.com] > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Groupon @ Phoronix
as explained during the AGM at GUADEC, yes: the board is exploring legal venues, but the board cannot be more specific because of that. ciao, Emmanuele. On 31 July 2014 16:38, meg ford wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:56 AM, Olav Vitters wrote: >> >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTc1MjI >> >> | Hopefully the GNOME Foundation and others will be able to extrude >> | their forces in clearing up this odd and unfortunate situation. > > > Has GNOME's legal counsel contacted Groupon about the trademark violation? I > haven't read the law, iirc we need to assert that we own the trademark or we > can lose it because we "fail to police". > > Meg >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Olav >> ___ >> foundation-list mailing list >> foundation-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > > > ___ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > -- http://www.bassi.io [@] ebassi [@gmail.com] ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Groupon @ Phoronix
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:56 AM, Olav Vitters wrote: > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTc1MjI > > | Hopefully the GNOME Foundation and others will be able to extrude > | their forces in clearing up this odd and unfortunate situation. > Has GNOME's legal counsel contacted Groupon about the trademark violation? I haven't read the law, iirc we need to assert that we own the trademark or we can lose it because we "fail to police". Meg > -- > Regards, > Olav > ___ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
