Re: about communication Re: Delegation for trademark negotiatons with the DCCA

2005-08-30 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
Holger Levsen wrote: > What I have learned more or less recently about communication, is, that it > doesnt matter what you have said or ment. As one of my compatriots has said: "Communication always fails, except by accident." (Attributed to Osmo Wiio.) -- Antti-Juhani signature.asc Descri

about communication Re: Delegation for trademark negotiatons with the DCCA

2005-08-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Wednesday 24 August 2005 12:54, Michael Meskes wrote: > But the word "core" is not meant as in "core of Debian" but as in "core of > several distributions based on Debian". What I have learned more or less recently about communication, is, that it doesnt matter what you have said or ment

Re: What the DFSG really says about trademarks

2005-08-30 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 12:06 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:49:44AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > >It gets as close as any organisation does, with speakers > >listed as "Debian-UK" rather than anything else. > > Where, precisely? To the best of my knowledge, people have simply

Debian UK (was Re: What the DFSG really says about trademarks)

2005-08-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 10:23:35AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: >Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There are complicated rules for being a "Charity" in the UK; in >> particular it would prevent the Debian-UK Society from buying beer after >> the expos. It also vastly increases the amount

Re: announcing a discussion list about academic aspects of Debian

2005-08-30 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.08.30.1354 +0200]: > > I am starting a new mailinglist with the goal to gather those > > interested in Debian from an academic perspective. I will be > > researching several aspects of Debian in the future, and I know some > > have done so (congra

Re: announcing a discussion list about academic aspects of Debian

2005-08-30 Thread Jérôme Marant
Quoting martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > I am starting a new mailinglist with the goal to gather those > interested in Debian from an academic perspective. I will be > researching several aspects of Debian in the future, and I know some > have done so (congrats, Biella!), or are

announcing a discussion list about academic aspects of Debian

2005-08-30 Thread martin f krafft
Hi all, I am starting a new mailinglist with the goal to gather those interested in Debian from an academic perspective. I will be researching several aspects of Debian in the future, and I know some have done so (congrats, Biella!), or are still doing so (hi, tbm). The purpose of the list is thu

Re: What the DFSG really says about trademarks

2005-08-30 Thread Andreas Barth
* Steve McIntyre ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050830 13:08]: > Bully for them. Conference trips that have been paid for from Debian > UK funds: > > * Debconf 3 travel (Scott James Remnant, as he already mentioned) > * Dpkg conference (Scott again) > * GNOME foundation meeting, representing Debian (Matt

Re: What the DFSG really says about trademarks

2005-08-30 Thread Matthew Garrett
Merlin Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apologies, it's not in those reports but the message > http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2005/08/msg00278.html > claims DUS funds that (non-exhibiting attendance at conferences > is often classed as training/continuing personal development by > other bu

Re: What the DFSG really says about trademarks

2005-08-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:49:44AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: >Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> To the best of my knowledge, Debian-UK has never hosted an event (the >> closest you could possibly argue is the annual Debian UK barbeque, which >> is something that's pretty much entirely unre

Re: What the DFSG really says about trademarks

2005-08-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 11:16:24AM -0500, Branden Robinson / Debian Project Leader wrote: >On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 08:13:48PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >> >> Branden: please just say `Carry on, Debian-UK' :-). > >I'd like to give any objectors the opportunity to bring any episodes of >"bad behavio

Re: What the DFSG really says about trademarks

2005-08-30 Thread MJ Ray
Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In order to get a bank account, you need a constitution. While people > like MJ Ray like bureaucratic bondage[0], it was felt by everyone else > that the best constitution would be the simplest possible. The above paragraph contains untruths: 1. th

Re: What the DFSG really says about trademarks

2005-08-30 Thread Sam Couter
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judging by a quick Google, "how excitement" is an Australianism. > (Actually, I've never heard it before but it seems closely related to > the more common "how embarassment." The top few Google hits on that are > from New Zealand, followed by some Austral

Re: What the DFSG really says about trademarks

2005-08-30 Thread MJ Ray
Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] Still with the name-calling? > To the best of my knowledge, Debian-UK has never hosted an event (the > closest you could possibly argue is the annual Debian UK barbeque, which > is something that's pretty mu

Re: What the DFSG really says about trademarks

2005-08-30 Thread Scott James Remnant
It should be noted that I'm not a member of the Debian-UK Society committee, and am just a UK-based Debian developer; so any nefarious agenda is purely my own. That being said, I have been involved in Debian-UK Society activities including the AGM; so hopefully can answer questions as an uninvolve