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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: www/koffice/krayon
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2002-01-10 18:32:16
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 07:13:48PM +0100, Matthias Elter wrote:
> Thomas Zander wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 06:35:01PM +0100, Matthias Elter wrote:
> >
> >>Thomas Zander wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 11:10:07AM +0100, Matthias Elter wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>I think we should remove the whole section on Krayon until somebody 
> >>>>picks it up and renames it.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Is this the attitude of KDE for possible charges agains a possible 
> >>>trademark infringement claim?
> >>>
> >>
> >>Krayon is a special case because it is a dead project and never came out 
> >>of Alpha phase. There are no developers. KWord would be a different story.
> >>
> >
> >Tell that to the future lawers that are looking for another easy pray.
> >All they will see is the stories printed on the websites and papers; 
> >www.koffice.org should not be telling anyone we are an easy target.
> >Changing a name as soon as someone is threathened is not a good signal.
> 
> 
> So what do you suggest?

First I want to talk to some people who are a bit more informed about 
issues like this. This application will not pose any legal problems 
while it is not being released; until that date I suggest not changing
its name.

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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