I grant the context, although my point was that at some level many might see the distinction as moot.  But we're speculating until I hear from Peter.  ; )<br />
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It *could* be that I decouple moneymaking from the <em>networking</em> purpose of maemo-daemons if worst comes to worst... and leave the profit aspect up to individuals.  Or the idea may run into a dead end completely and I'm out a URL registration fee for nothing...heh.  I've done worse.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><span><strong>Randall (Randy) Arnold</strong><br />
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<blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #bfe8fb 2px solid">----- Original message ----- <br />
From: "Tim Samoff" <samoff@gmail.com><br />
To: "Randall Arnold" <texrat@ovi.com>, "List for community development" <maemo-community@maemo.org><br />
Subject: Re: A business case for Maemo<br />
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:06:08 -0500<br />
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<p>HUGE difference -- ads as opposed to using a brand for profit. T. -- <a target="_blank" href="http://samoff.com">http://samoff.com</a> ----- 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 > <a target="_blank" href="http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/">http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/</a> > > > >    ----- Original message ----- >    From: "Tim Samoff" <<a href="mailto:samoff@gmail.com">samoff@gmail.com</a>> >    To: "List for community development" <<a href="mailto:maemo-community@maemo.org">maemo-community@maemo.org</a>>, >    "Randall Arnold" <<a href="mailto:texrat@ovi.com">texrat@ovi.com</a>> >    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 -- <a target="_blank" href="http://samoff.com">http://samoff.com</a> ----- 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 > >    <a target="_blank" href="http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/">http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/</a> > > > > > > ----- Original >    message ----- > > From: "Dave Neary" <<a href="mailto:dneary@maemo.org">dneary@maemo.org</a>> > > To: "List >    for community development" <<a href="mailto:maemo-community@maemo.org">maemo-community@maemo.org</a>> > > 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: <a href="mailto:dneary@maemo.org">dneary@maemo.org</a> > > Jabber: <a href="mailto:bolsh@jabber.org">bolsh@jabber.org</a> > >    > > > _______________________________________________ > > >    maemo-community mailing list > > <a href="mailto:maemo-community@maemo.org">maemo-community@maemo.org</a> > > >    <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-community">https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-community</a> > > > > >    -------------------------------------------------------------- > Ovi >    Mail: Making email access easy > <a target="_blank" href="http://mail.ovi.com">http://mail.ovi.com</a> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Ovi Mail: Making email access easy > <a target="_blank" href="http://mail.ovi.com">http://mail.ovi.com</a> ></p>
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