From kde-artists Tue Jul 27 19:46:32 1999 From: x10 Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 19:46:32 +0000 To: kde-artists Subject: Re: KDE 1.2-Preview: eyecandy.png X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-artists&m=93310479216367 At 27-07-1999, you wrote | Hi folks, | | I was just informed by our UI design team that the word 'Trash' and the | Trash icon are trademarks of the Apple Macontish and cannot be used. As | Apple can go after us (Corel) legally, we will be changing some of the | problematic icons in our version of KDE that may have certain legal | implications. For the Trash, we are thinking of using the word Dumpster | and a dark green Dumpster icon. Any thought on this icon and stupid | trademark issues. Thanks. Ming & List Unfortunately Dumpster is Macsoftware and copyrigted by a company called by The Web Connection, http://www.thewc.com. It's a trashcan replacement program. This is what my info tells me: Dumpster, Copyright © 1994-98 The Web Connection & Donald Perreault. All Rights Reserved. Donald W Perreault Jr 20 South Street Plainville, MA 02762 http://www.thewc.com dumpsterinfo@thewc.com Maybe you have to think of a different name. -- Christine Bastian Typo - Graphic Designer