[LAD] Impro-Visor created on sourceforge

[Ralf Mardorf]

Thomas Vecchione wrote:
> Once again forgot to hit Reply-All.
>   

It's weekend :D.

> You are confusing Copyright and Trademark Law.  Copyright law says that yes
> they can fork the project.
>
> Trademark Law however says that Miss B. is allowed to follow up legally to
> prevent a trademark, which can be registered or unregistered, from being
>
> confused by another similar trademark that might be confused with it.
>   

Okay, I guess you're right, because I have two web browsers, one is 
called Firefox and the other is called Iceweasel, for me, as a user they 
only differ by the name and logo and there seems to be a reason for this ;).

Icevamp or Hotvamp instead of Improvisor might be an alternative.

> > But again, Miss B. accepted the GPL, but while the nail polish needs to
> > dry, she wasn't able to distribute the source code, she only had time to
> > distribute the binary. She wrote exactly this to the manicure developers
>
> > mailing list, that's why Miss R. decided to decompile the code.
>
>
> This is much greyer area to tell the truth, and one I won't touch.

I agree, that's why laws are construable, have some margin. It's 
impossible to factor in every devisable situation.

Everybody seems to understand the GPL and the law after that long 
discussion for this basic issues. Here is a basic issue, with an unusual 
exception. I guess even two judges could pronounce two different 
sentences, in the same town, at the same court.

Ralf