[Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark Canonical
wow! RT @lcafiero RT @marciahofmann: Oh, Canonical. It's silly to use trademark law to try to silence a critic! Especially a critic who works at @EFF. https://t.co/25ipxoHxPY I am not happy to read about this in this way. Thoughts? fyi, Grant -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark Canonical
Doesn't seem that bad to me. I could agree that it's against the spirit of open source, but they've put a ton of time and money into promoting the brand of ubuntu and I don't think it's unreasonable for them to be wary of allowing very negative websites using that branding to go unanswered. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Grant Bowman grant...@partimus.org wrote: wow! RT @lcafiero RT @marciahofmann: Oh, Canonical. It's silly to use trademark law to try to silence a critic! Especially a critic who works at @EFF. https://t.co/25ipxoHxPY I am not happy to read about this in this way. Thoughts? fyi, Grant -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- -Troy -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark Canonical
I don't think is trademark law to silence a critic. I think it is trademark law to protect a trademark. Was news to me though and I am checking into it. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Troy Ready t...@troyready.com wrote: Doesn't seem that bad to me. I could agree that it's against the spirit of open source, but they've put a ton of time and money into promoting the brand of ubuntu and I don't think it's unreasonable for them to be wary of allowing very negative websites using that branding to go unanswered. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Grant Bowman grant...@partimus.org wrote: wow! RT @lcafiero RT @marciahofmann: Oh, Canonical. It's silly to use trademark law to try to silence a critic! Especially a critic who works at @EFF. https://t.co/25ipxoHxPY I am not happy to read about this in this way. Thoughts? fyi, Grant -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- -Troy -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Jono Bacon Ubuntu Community Manager www.ubuntu.com / www.jonobacon.org www.identi.ca/jonobacon www.twitter.com/jonobacon -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark Canonical
I can see both sides of the coin on this one. However, I feel that Ubuntu should be more transparent about their search/privacy policy and be upfront with users about having the option to disable the search function, if so desired. On 11/07/2013 05:07 PM, Jono Bacon wrote: I don't think is trademark law to silence a critic. I think it is trademark law to protect a trademark. Was news to me though and I am checking into it. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Troy Ready t...@troyready.com wrote: Doesn't seem that bad to me. I could agree that it's against the spirit of open source, but they've put a ton of time and money into promoting the brand of ubuntu and I don't think it's unreasonable for them to be wary of allowing very negative websites using that branding to go unanswered. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Grant Bowman grant...@partimus.org wrote: wow! RT @lcafiero RT @marciahofmann: Oh, Canonical. It's silly to use trademark law to try to silence a critic! Especially a critic who works at @EFF. https://t.co/25ipxoHxPY I am not happy to read about this in this way. Thoughts? fyi, Grant -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- -Troy -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
