[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Legal hints about karbon(14) name
From:       Karl-Heinz Zimmer <khz () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-07-04 7:29:20
[Download RAW message or body]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Thursday 27 June 2002 21:48, Lenny wrote:
> On Thursday 27 June 2002 20:30, Carsten Pfeiffer wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >
> > On Thursday 27 June 2002 21:09, Lenny wrote:
> > > For the karbon(14) case this is disappointing and encouranging at the
> > > same time. We as developers don't have the financial resources to
> > > register the name. Otoh since Apple has strong interest in open source
> > > itself, it seems rather unlikey, that they'll cause us troubles
> > > without any reasons (our products are totally different and the names
> > > are similar by coincident).
> >
> > Why don't you ask Apple for permission?
>
> In german one says "better not wake up sleeping dogs". ;)

What if these dogs have attorneys that do /not/ sleep but look for cases
like this one?

Cheers,
Karl-Heinz
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.7a-cvs (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE9I/lUCcaVnbvggDcRAlubAJwIrnnLF/bz8jOEKtMEJEZdjE6KPQCfR0Wc
x2wbAak6Kwnd7EemJ60Mtug=
=lj6D
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

_______________________________________________
koffice-devel mailing list
koffice-devel@mail.kde.org
http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice-devel
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]