Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoting Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > The nature of our disagreement seems to be in our differing
> > assessments of what's going to cause confusion in the minds of the
> > customers.
>
> I'd call that progress -- because _all of the prior writings_
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 09:32:06AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 11:50:21PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> > > Pepsico doesn't ask the Coca-Cola Company's permission to publish claims
> > > that its sugar-water is better tasting than i
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Rick Moen wrote:
> > > Pepsico doesn't ask the Coca-Cola Company's permission to publish
> > > claims that its sugar-water is better tasting than is Coca-Cola.
> > > That ought to be a big, fat clue, but far too many people have been
> > > successfully conned and don't think abo
Quoting Don Armstrong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Those of us who have discussed this issue at length are quite aware of
> the scope of trademark law and the obvious cases where we would need
> permission, and where permission is not required.
Good to know. I'd not seen signs of that awareness on thi
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007, Rick Moen wrote:
> I was not suggesting that was the case. Read what I _said_, please.
> I was pointing out one huge clue, from the realm of everyday
> commerce, that should have alerted Debian users to the fact that,
> no, it is not true that one must ask a trademark owner's p
have to substitute references to ice and weasels.
My aim in this thread was _not_ to get Debian Project to reverse a
stupid, but already implemented, decision. That's why the Subject
header was "Trademark scope (just for the record)".
If I've had no greater effect tha
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Rick Moen wrote:
> Pepsico doesn't ask the Coca-Cola Company's permission to publish claims
> that its sugar-water is better tasting than is Coca-Cola. That ought to
> be a big, fat clue, but far too many people have been successfully
> conned and don't think about the implicat
Quoting Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 11:50:21PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
>> Trademark law never requires any such thing.
>
> When you are distributing a product which is similar, but not identical, to
> the product of the trademark holder, using the trademark to
On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 11:50:21PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> > Perhaps you don't understand that it's our position that Debian and its
> > derivers need to have the freedom to make modifications to the browser
> > without being obligated to either get prior approval from Mozilla Corp. for
> > each
Quoting Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 08:25:30AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
>
> > As usual for trademark claims, the complainer greatly overstates the
> > rights actually available to trademark owners[1]. Briefly stated,
> > establishing a valid trademark entitles yo
Rick,
On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 08:25:30AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> > See http://bugs.debian.org/354622 for the full story. Sorry I didn't
> > include that link before, I was lazy.
> As usual for trademark claims, the complainer greatly overstates the
> rights actually available to trademark owne
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Quoting Trent W. Buck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> See http://bugs.debian.org/354622 for the full story. Sorry I didn't
> include that link before, I was lazy.
As usual for trademark cl
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