On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Joshua C. <joshuacov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2009/1/30 Tom spot Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> >> They advised that the same advice applies to Documentation. >> >> Never use "tm" or "(R)". If we are obliged by contract to mention other >> trademarks in a legend, add the legend as required by the contract. >> >> In addition, our documentation should contain the disclaimer: "All >> other trademarks are the property of their respective owners." >> >> ~spot > > > Just a question here: > > Since some of the contributors to fedora live/are located outside of > the usa, should they be "restricted" by the us trade mark law? The > code cannot be patented as a sequnce of mathematical formulas making a > given hardware to work in a definite way. > > Maybe not complying to these rules could lead to packages being not > redestributed with fedora but they are still fedora-"legal" packages. > So putting them in rpm-fussion or other repos can circumvent this > don't-put-the-TM/R-symbol-in-your-description-policy. > > Since these packages are bound to those trademarked names/patented > devices there should be a way to say thier proper name (fair use). > Software written to work with logithek should be described as such, > because the vendor decided to call thier product logithek. I don't see > another way to say this without the trademarked name. Nobody said that logitech should not be used in the name. You should not say that your software _Is_ logitech and don't use (R) or (TM). -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list