From kde-kimageshop Wed Aug 23 21:06:42 2000 From: Jeremy Blosser Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:06:42 +0000 To: kde-kimageshop Subject: Re: KImageShop development X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-kimageshop&m=96706495511621 Shawn Gordon [shawn@thekompany.com] wrote: > Krayon is awesome, but I think it is going to cause way too many legal > problems, although my research shows that the name is not trademarked, but > it is very similar to an established brand. Are you refering to Crayola? As far as I can tell, 'crayon' is a term that's been around for a long, long time. Webster's at least traces its etymology back to the Latin 'creta', circa 1644: Main Entry: 1cray·on Pronunciation: 'krA-"än, -&n also 'kran Function: noun Etymology: French, crayon, pencil, from diminutive of craie chalk, from Latin creta Date: 1644 1 : a stick of white or colored chalk or of colored wax used for writing or drawing 2 : a crayon drawing Crayola claiming to have an exclusive right to 'crayon' based names would seem akin to Burger King claiming an exclusive right to 'burger' based names. Not that it couldn't happen in this day and age, but it seems a stretch. Of course, if you're talking about a trademark other than Crayola that is more directly 'crayon', I may be talking nonsense. But I'm not sure what else it would be -- a quick search online for 'crayon' only turns up generic uses and a few specialized things like crayon.net, which is a customised news service and has nothing to do with image manipulation. Which is another point -- crayon.net and crayon.com are both registered to very non-Crayola entities, apparently without incident. -- Jeremy Blosser | jblosser@firinn.org | http://jblosser.firinn.org/ -----------------+-------------------------+------------------------------ the crises posed a question / just beneath the skin the virtue in my veins replied / that quitters never win _______________________________________________ Kimageshop mailing list Kimageshop@master.kde.org http://master.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kimageshop