On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:24:26PM +0200, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> > 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).
> 
> Ok, LF thinks the name Smeegol, while funny and inventive, might not be the 
> best name of the decade.

Sorry, but it's not up to them to like or dislike a name that has
nothing to do with their product name.  There is no trademark law
violation here at all, so for them to claim there is, is disingenuous.

So I say the name stays.

> Is LF OK with saying:
> 
> DarkRider, an openSUSE release based on the netbook user interface
>  that came from the Meego(TM)* project.
>         * Meego is a trademark of the Linux Foundation.

We asked this weeks ago, and got no response, so why would we expect a
response now?  :)

> Or must we remove any reference to MeeGo?

That is not a valid request under any type of law, all they can do is
say to use the "MeeGo (tm)" properly, which we have done so.

thanks,

greg k-h
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