[maemo-community] A business case for Maemo

[From: Tim Samoff]

The only difference with something like this -- as opposed to other "press" type sites -- is that it's out to make money... That might violate the TM.

Tim


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----- Original message -----
> Thanks Dave, but it was my understanding in a previous discussion along
> those lines that incorporating "maemo" in site names (like maemo-guru, et
> al) and similar was okay. Note that there are similar
> organizations/enterprises wrapped around other trademarked terms without
> issues.
>
> BUT-- I will bounce this off Peter nonetheless (or maybe he's monitoring
> this list?).
>
> Randall (Randy) Arnold
> maemo.org community council
> http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/
>
>
>
>
> > ----- Original message -----
> > From: "Dave Neary" <dneary at maemo.org>
> > To: "List for community development" <maemo-community at maemo.org>
> > Subject: Re: A business case for Maemo
> > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:26:21 +0200
> >
> >
> > Hi Randall,
> >
> > Randall Arnold wrote:
> > > Since actions speak louder than words, I have already begun a
> process...
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > Thoughts?
> >
> > I don't want to put a dampener on a nice idea, but...
> >
> > ...don't forget that Maemo is a Nokia trademark, and using it for
> > professional purposes is likely to cause a problem for someone at some
> > stage. Much better to do like Mer and simply choose something related
> > but different.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dave.
> >
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