Michael Schwendt wrote: >On 24/08/05, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > > >>The name "Fedora(TM)" itself is already a big-ass problem for Red Hat >>Legal if that happens! Because Shadow Man wears a Red Fedora! >> >> > >No, that are two entirely different things. Same in the following: > > > >>I mean, at what point can't another vendor call their distro "Gangster" >>and put on a Gangster Fedora hat in the illustration? >> >> > >You're mixing trademarked names and trademarked logos/symbols, and >that leads to nothing. It would make no sense for Red Hat to create a >confusing similarity between the "Red Hat" product line and the >"Fedora" product line by mixing red hats with blue fedoras or red >fedoras with blue hats or something like that, and using less >restrictive trademark usage permissions for the Fedora stuff than for >the Red Hat stuff. And I said confusing (!) similarity, not just >similarity. It can be beneficial for both Red Hat and Fedora that it >is widely known that Red Hat is a driving force behind the Fedora >Project, too. But it would not do Red Hat Enterprise Linux any good if >its fundamental differences compared with Fedora got buried in >confusing usage of words, names, trademarks, mascots, and neither the >red hat nor Shadow Man would be unique anymore. Of course, another >vendor can call a distribution "Gangster", if that is desired. But as >soon as they start using and advertising a logo which bears any close >resemblance with Red Hat's "Shadow Man"(TM), in particular the red hat >(!) he wears, they've got a problem, even if they choose a different >colour. Also note that Shadow Man wears a cloak, but that does not >prohibit any vendor from using a figure which wears a cloak, too >(unless the resemblance becomes too obvious, and at that point we're >in a loop). > >-- >Fedora-marketing-list mailing list >Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx >http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list > > > This thread has already forked down that road and died. I BEG you not to rekindle that fire. See the thread "Re: Logo -- let's move on ... the legal loophole of "Fedora(TM)" for Red Hat" for the whole conversation. -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64@xxxxxxxxx www.n-man.com --
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