On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 08:16 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Unless you are a lawyer and have a great amount of knowledge about > trademarks, you are trying to second guess a professional legal team who > are much more concerned about such issues from a business point of view. You're damn straight. I'm really concerned that the word "Fedora" can and will become an enforcement issue for Red Hat. Why hasn't anyone else thought of this? The whole reason I thought the Fedora Foundation could even continue use the word "Fedora" as a trademark was because Red Hat would maintain control over it, or somehow authorize/license the Fedora Foundation. If that is not the case, illustrations are not the problem! > This is not a mailing list for legal discussions. Kindly take it elsewhere Okay, which list? Seriously, this is a serious, serious issue. I'm not a lawyer, but I do a lot of consulting all over the US and sign dozens of contracts a year. Some of them deal with the serious misuse of trademarks, so I'm a bit dumbfounded. If I'm running the Fedora Foundation, it would be my #1 concern right now. I'm being 0% argumentative. What is the guarantee that the Fedora Foundation does not have its trademark become the victim of enforcement issues? -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The best things in life are NOT free - which is why life is easiest if you save all the bills until you can share them with the perfect woman -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
