Le lun. 9 nov. 2020 à 00:25, Paul Sutton <paulsut...@disroot.org> a écrit :
> On 08/11/2020 21:41, Jérémy Lal wrote: > > Using toy story names for debian releases surely isn't free from any > > disney/pixar license ? > > Or is it ? > > Given we have been using them for nearly 30 years (scary eh), I don't > think they are going to bother too much. > > I think trademarks only become an issue when the names get confused, > with another product, or a company is just in to bullying others over a > name. > > There was a company called Utube here (UK) (made tubes) that got sued by > youtube, and a pub, with a lord of the rings related name (was there > before the movies were made) that got sued by the people who made the > movies. > > Some companies are like that, they lack common sense. How do we know > that disney are not using Debian on their cluster things to render the > movies. > > Plus anyone goto disney world and other parks and get their pic taken > with a character while wearing a debian t-shirt, :) I haven't but maybe > people have. > Do you mean that if i coin "Mickey and Donald API" my software won't get troubles from the owners of those trademarks ? Considering how agressive american trademarks are defended, i wouldn't count on that assumption, ever. Jérémy > Paul > > -- > Paul Sutton, Cert ContSci (Open) > https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ > OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-sutton-5737171b8/ >
