[cad-linux] Re: naming problems
- From: Eric Wilhelm <ewilhelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 21:08:51 -0500
> The following was supposedly scribed by
> Guy Edwards
> on Thursday 04 September 2003 03:47 pm:
>Ok whats standard practise for resolving naming issues
>between projects/commercial companies?
>
I believe that OpenOffice.org is the formal name for what was the "OpenOffice"
project because of just such a situation.
It seems that the easiest and least confrontational method is to reinvent your
name (can you think of a recursively-defined acronym for viewer?)
>What should/can a free project do to copyright its' name?
I'm pretty sure you can only protect it via a registered trademark. A
copyright is not going to help much in terms of names (similar to the issue
that you can't copyright a title.) Remember I'm not a lawyer (I just play
one on the internet.)
--Eric
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