[openbeos] Re: Be domain price
- From: John Tegen <john.tegen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 08:46:22 -0700
You are correct, I stand corrected. Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Gildehaus [mailto:agildehaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 4:53 PM
To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [openbeos] Re: Be domain price
"Be" is still a trademark of Be, Incorporated ... it was not part of the IP.
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Tegen" <john.tegen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 6:00 PM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: Be domain price
> Palm bought the IP, engineers, trademarks, and all copyrights. The Be
name,
> BeOS, Geek Port, etc fall under the trademarks.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Isaac Yonemoto [mailto:ityonemo@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 3:55 PM
> Cc: Public OBOS mailing list
> Subject: [openbeos] Re: Be domain price
>
>
>
> > Hopefully this will wake up those dreamers who keep hoping that
> > somehow, miraculously, we will keep the "Be" thing alive. We will keep
> > the OS alive, but you can forget about the name. Please move on. It's
> > why we're changing the name.
>
> I don't understand what the big deal about the Be name is... According to
> the press release, Palm acquired Be's *intellectual property* -- the name
> "Be" does not constitute IP, and so Palm does not have it.
>
> It's possible that Be would litigate against OpenBeOS for name rights, but
> rather unlikely -- what would they have to gain-- we're not making any
> money.
>
> If we change our name, we lose our momentum and a lot of out history (and
> the opportunity for many, many puns).
>
> Isaac
>
>
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