7 Aug
2009
7 Aug
'09
10:10 p.m.
Forgot to send to the list.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Raymond Martin
<laseray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Not at all. There is even evidence in the FSF documentation somewhere
exactly
about this point and they vehemently disagree with any attitude like that.
We
all know very well the situation of Emacs, Xemacs, and various other
forks.
The FSF is not the law. I suggest you look up Trademark Law to realize why
you are wrong, and why you are subject to a lawsuit for knowingly creating a
product that is infringing on an already existing trademark(Regeristered or
Unregeristered would make a small, but only small, difference in this case),
and can easily be confused as such. In fact the case against forcing you to
change it is rather strong because not only is your product nearly identical
in name, it is nearly identical in function and can be easily confused with
the original.
Standard disclaimer of I am not a lawyer of course applies.
Seablade