Re: Trademark issue: "ubuntu" in package name

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On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Tom Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Canonical says explicitly not to do this:
>
> (from: http://www.canonical.com/intellectual-property-policy)
>
>   You cannot use the Trademarks in software titles. If you are
>   producing software for use with or on Ubuntu you may reference
>   Ubuntu, but must avoid: (i) any implication of endorsement, or (ii)
>   any attempt to unfairly or confusingly capitalise on the goodwill of
>   Canonical or Ubuntu.
>
> Short of explicit permission from Canonical, we should not do this.

Legal things never cease to amaze me.

I can't really see how naming a package "ubuntu-title-fonts", which is
the name upstream (and upstream *is* Ubuntu) chose can be "using
Trademark in software titles".
We are not even producing software here [1,2], these are just
packaging of content, not code.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuTitle
[2] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-keyring

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