Good point, Tim, and I will definitely ping Peter on this before going too far.<br />
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From: "Tim Samoff" <samoff@gmail.com><br />
To: "List for community development" <maemo-community@maemo.org>, "Randall Arnold" <texrat@ovi.com><br />
Subject: Re: A business case for Maemo<br />
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:47:50 -0500<br />
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<p>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> ></p>
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