Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I agree with Branden's analysis of the license provisions you posted, > > but I think he a little overstates the issues with trademarks. In > > general, trademarking a name of a piece of software (and restricting > > the use of the name) has not been viewed to have anything to do with > > whether the software is free. > > Hence why I said "any party that attempts to use laws other than > copyright law to stop people from exercising their freedoms under the > DFSG". > > Where did I assert that trademarking the name of a piece of software has > anything to do with whether the software is free?
I didn't say it did; I just said that I think you might have overstated the issue slightly, so I wanted to add that some potential issues with trademarks are not actually issues. I was only intending clarification, not any implication that I thought we had a disagreement of substance.
