8 Aug
2009
8 Aug
'09
10:05 a.m.
On Saturday 08 August 2009 07:25:29 you wrote:
Raymond Martin wrote:
So this would not be okay in Germany only, if there was a trademark
applicable in Germany.
Show me where I do it. Having the name of an SF
project similar to his
applications name or that companies product, those are different things.
Trademarks can only be in violation when they are on similar things.
That would be between Bob's program and the commercial one. Thus,
I cannot be violating any trademark no matter how many detractors
keep harping on what they think is a point.
This is just like the fact that there is no fork at present. Everybody is
so ready to jump to conclusions, repeatedly.
Please do some fact checking before you start pointing fingers.
Raymond
I worked for a microphone company that wasn't fine with the same name
for a product, that was for medical use without any microphone.
In my home town there was a car tyre dealer using the same name as a
radio station.
In Germany they don't need to be on similar things. Bob's and your projects are similar, so you
project is similar to the
proprietary project too, if Bob's project should be similar to this
project.
Then Bob is guilty first and my project name is just due to his applications
name. Who is more guilty, a single person trying to do FOSS or a professor
and educational institution that should be in a better position and act more
appropriately? If my name is similar to theirs by derivation and that is
similar to the commercial one, then Bob and his ilk have unclean hands before
I ever made a project. My project has only existed for a few weeks. Bob's
has existed for years potentially violating a trademark.
Raymond