On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 03:05:40PM -0500, Ibrahim Haddad wrote: > Hello Andrew, > > Please accept my apologies for late reply. This is regarding your request to > use: > > Smeegol, an openSUSE release based on the netbook user interface that > came from the Meego(TM)* project. > * Meego is a trademark of the Linux Foundation. > > In order to maintain the MeeGo mark, the Linux Foundation must consistently > control the use of any form of the word MeeGo and the related logos and > characters to avoid confusion. > > Unfortunately, from a trademark law perspective, the proposed usage above is > absolutely not recommended, as such usage will weaken the MeeGo mark and > make it less enforceable.
That's a nice thing to say, but it's legally not true, sorry. We are properly conveying _where_ the code came from, and using it in a manner that respects the trademark properly by noting who owns such trademark. > It is not in the benefit of MeeGo project to use "Smeegol". We therefore can > not approve such usage of MeeGo mark in "Smeegol". We understand that you've > already announced it and we will be happy to work with you to come up with a > different name (for the good of the MeeGo project). Sorry, but no, that's not acceptable at all. This was brought up MANY MANY times for a long time before you responded, and the way in which the trademark was used IS in a legal manner. So I really do not see how you have any basis to claim anything from both a legal standpoint, and from a "moral" standpoint in which we gave you PLENTY of time to respond to this. sorry, greg k-h _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
