From kde-artists Wed Jul 28 02:53:40 1999 From: "Sreshth Kumar" Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 02:53:40 +0000 To: kde-artists Subject: Re: KDE 1.2-Preview: eyecandy.png X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-artists&m=93313042008378 Hi, If you are considering a new name for "Trash" you could consider the following alternatives. I don't know if any of them are copyrighted though. They just came to my mind. "Trash" alternatives :-- Vaporiser Incinerator Waste Bin Shred-it Folder Thow-away Folder Blackhole Regards, Sreshth K * Deucalion Technologies * http://www.deutech.com ----- Original Message ----- From: x10 To: Sent: Wednesday, 28 July, 1999 2:15 AM Subject: Re: KDE 1.2-Preview: eyecandy.png 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