Re: Subject: Announcement: wiki merger and some loose ends

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> Subject:  Announcement: wiki merger and some
> loose ends
> To: video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx,
> 	Devin
> 	Heitmueller <devin.heitmueller@xxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <490525EA.4020608@xxxxxxxxxx>
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As a  sometime contributor to both wikis, may I suggest you pause a moment and be sure you can use "LinuxTV" without the copyright holder on the name Linux coming after you with Cease and Desist (C&D) orders.  Could they?  Yes.  Linux is trademarked in Germany and the U.S. by Linus Torvalds.  Would they?  To generate some billable hours and defend their mark, sure.  This could be a case whereby bad things happen to people with good intentions.  We have all seen it before.

I know it is opening a new can of worms, but in order to run the wiki/project as professionally as possible, I suggest coordinating with the Trademark owner lawyers on this one now, rather than later under more negative circumstances when the results of your improved wiki are already committed.

Michael


      

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