[maemo-community] A business case for Maemo

[From: Randall Arnold]

Good point, Tim, and I will definitely ping Peter on this before going
too far.

Randall (Randy) Arnold
maemo.org community council
http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/



  ----- Original message -----
  From: "Tim Samoff" <samoff at gmail.com>
  To: "List for community development" <maemo-community at maemo.org>,
  "Randall Arnold" <texrat at ovi.com>
  Subject: Re: A business case for Maemo
  Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:47:50 -0500

  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 -- http://samoff.com ----- 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. > > > > -- > > maemo.org
  docsmaster > > Email: dneary at maemo.org > > Jabber: bolsh at jabber.org >
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