> > On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 11:04 -0500, Jon Ciesla wrote: >> Just got this from an Armagetron dev. I'll check out the forum. Tom, >> would you be able to contribute a short post on the trademark issues to >> the forum? > > I don't really want to register on a new forum, just to post one > comment, so feel free to copy and post what I'm about to say: > > The issue here is the "TRON" trademark, which is held by Disney. > Fedora's legal counsel has advised us that having a "TRON" videogame > which uses the trademark to describe itself is almost certainly > trademark infringement. Since Fedora doesn't want to expose itself to > unnecessary legal risk, we cannot include Armagetron as is. This policy > applies to all trademarks used in software, not just this case. > > Perhaps "LightCycles" would be a better name than WeaselCycles, but > anything without "TRON" in it will probably be fine. Thanks much. Posted. I'll wait for your thoughts on the SRPM, and the forum's response to the name issue. Very easy to change, as it stands. > ~spot > -- novus ordo absurdum _______________________________________________ Fedora-games-list mailing list Fedora-games-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-games-list
