Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MINGW trademark claims

2021-05-08 Thread NightStrike
On Sat, May 8, 2021, 01:28 Joachim Wuttke wrote: > Keith Marshall argues at https://stackoverflow.com/a/62865466/1017348 > that you are doing illegal things, and that perhaps I am rendering > myself culpable by recommending use of your software. > > What is your position on this? > > Kind regards

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MINGW trademark claims

2021-05-08 Thread Carl Kleffner
FYI , you can find this: https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/mingw/ Am Sa., 8. Mai 2021 um 16:08 Uhr schrieb sisyphus : > On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 11:13 PM Zach Bacon wrote: > > > Because of trademarks, if it has mingw in the name, then it could > > constitute as a violation, regardless if it has -w

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MINGW trademark claims

2021-05-08 Thread sisyphus
On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 11:13 PM Zach Bacon wrote: > Because of trademarks, if it has mingw in the name, then it could > constitute as a violation, regardless if it has -w64 in it or not. > Yeah, but that needs to be tested in a court first. Keith has implied that it's "fait accompli", and that's

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MINGW trademark claims

2021-05-08 Thread Zach Bacon
Because of trademarks, if it has mingw in the name, then it could constitute as a violation, regardless if it has -w64 in it or not. However like Biswa, I'm no lawyer. On Sat., May 8, 2021, 9:05 a.m. Biswapriyo Nath, wrote: > This is not MinGW, this is MinGW-w64. BTW, I'm just a normal human not

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MINGW trademark claims

2021-05-08 Thread Biswapriyo Nath
This is not MinGW, this is MinGW-w64. BTW, I'm just a normal human not a lawyer. ___ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MINGW trademark claims

2021-05-08 Thread sisyphus
On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 9:28 PM Joachim Wuttke wrote: > Keith Marshall argues at https://stackoverflow.com/a/62865466/1017348 > that you are doing illegal things, and that perhaps I am rendering > myself culpable by recommending use of your software. > > What is your position on this? > > :-))

[Mingw-w64-public] MINGW trademark claims

2021-05-08 Thread Joachim Wuttke
Keith Marshall argues at https://stackoverflow.com/a/62865466/1017348 that you are doing illegal things, and that perhaps I am rendering myself culpable by recommending use of your software. What is your position on this? Kind regards and thanks for mingw-w64, Joachim _