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List:       kde-community
Subject:    Re: KDE Apps name trademarks
From:       Jonathan Riddell <jr () jriddell ! org>
Date:       2020-07-09 12:18:22
Message-ID: CANX=XXM0fhZfbq0D2Lf4b2um08a3AZEbEA6ASyKqVnazaGAc6A () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 12:29, Christoph Cullmann <christoph@cullmann.io>
wrote:

> You might be able to do that, but as soon as you start to try to keep
> people
> from using the names, the cost-free, bureaucracy-free and layer free
> zone ends.
>

Sending an e-mail to the Microsoft store doesn't need to cost anything, and
it would have more effect if there can be a claim of trademark.  Claiming
copyright infringement as discussed on this thread is also sensible but it
does need more work and will need at least the cost of buying kdiff3 from
their store.


> I really don't think we should start this.
>

Why? Nobody has given any reason against it so far.


> We would need to draft some TM use policy, too.
>

Yeah we'd need to write some simple policy that would allow normal uses
like Linux distros and package archives, but they're not trading using our
app names for the most part so it's not a big issue.


> Better promote our own offerings better and be done
>

I'm all for this as well of course :)

Jonathan

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 12:29, Christoph Cullmann &lt;<a \
href="mailto:christoph@cullmann.io">christoph@cullmann.io</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">You might be able to do that, but as soon as you \
start to try to keep <br> people<br>
from using the names, the cost-free, bureaucracy-free and layer free <br>
zone ends.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sending an e-mail to the Microsoft \
store doesn&#39;t need to cost anything, and it would have more effect if there can \
be a claim of trademark.   Claiming copyright infringement as discussed on this \
thread is also sensible but it does need more work and will need at least the cost of \
buying kdiff3 from their store.<br></div><div>  </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> I really don&#39;t think we should start \
this.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Why? Nobody has given any reason against it \
so far. <br></div><div>  </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px \
0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> We would need to \
draft some TM use policy, too.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yeah we&#39;d need \
to write some simple policy that would allow normal uses like Linux distros and \
package archives, but they&#39;re not trading using our app names for the most part \
so it&#39;s not a big issue.<br></div><div>  </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Better promote our own offerings better and be \
done<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m all for this as well of course \
:)</div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan</div><br></div></div>



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