On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Robert Pyle <rp...@post.harvard.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > While I agree that toydist needs a new name, Bento might not be a good > choice. It's already the name of a database system for Macintosh from > Filemaker, an Apple subsidiary. I'd be *very* surprised if the name > Bento is not copyrighted.
Can you copyright a word ? I thought this was the trademark part of the law. For example, "linux" is a trademark owned by Linus Torvald. Also, well known packages use words which are at least as common as bento in English (sphinx, twisted, etc...), and as likely to be trademarked. But IANAL... cheers, David _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
