[maemo-community] A business case for Maemo

[From: Tim Samoff]

HUGE difference -- ads as opposed to using a brand for profit.

T.

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----- Original message -----
> I replied too soon-- some ofthe blog sites with "maemo" in their name
> generate income from ads, etc... sooo, maybe no real difference...?
>
> Randall (Randy) Arnold
> maemo.org community council
> http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/
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>    ----- 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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