I will be quite honest here. From what I can tell I think that it is a little disappoint that Red Hat had to go an flex their lawyer might against DataPortability in what can be considered here as a coincidence. That said, I think that maybe Fedora might be in a position lend a hand to the scenario, since two things that I noticed as a read up on the C&D. 1) They seem very considerate to what happened. 2) There seems to be bad blood from them to us. But that is just a wild thought in the mist of it all. Even so, I will agree with John here, as unfortunate as it is, this seems to be a Working Group that it trying to pull some honourable work. On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 10:45 +0300, John Babich wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Rahul Sundaram > <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Note: I have no other source of information on this and haven't verified > > the claims. Just passing on information. > > > Here's my mini-investigation: > > First of all, I am not a lawyer (IANAL). I am reading this as a person > who is an unpaid volunteer with one group (Fedora Project at > www.fedoraproject.org), who is trying to understand the motivations of > another group of individuals (DataPortability at > www.dataportability.org). > > How do I go about doing this? > > 1. I read their charter at > http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-public/web/charter. > 2. I read the aforementioned forums at > http://groups.google.com/group/dataportabilityactionsteering > and http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-public. > 3. I see their affiliation with Identity Commons (IDC). More > information on IDC is available at http://wiki.idcommons.net. > 4. I see that the Data Portability Group is in the process of > organizing itself as an officially recognized working group within ID > Commons. > > My conclusion is that this is a well-intentioned group of men and > women who just happened to pick a logo similar to the Fedora logo. No > malice or intentional confusion is intended, and some in the group > would be more than happy to adopt another logo. > > One individual decided to publicize the "cease-and-desist" letter from > Red Hat. I understand that Red Hat must protect its logos and > trademarks from infringement. All major companies must do the same > thing. > > I hope cooler heads prevail. I actually agree with the aims of the ID > Commons and Data Portability Group. I wish them all the best. I might > even join. > -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
