Raul Miller wrote: > On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 03:51:11PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: >>I strongly disagree with that, as I do with anything other than a set of >>words being called a name. > > Why should this be an issue? > > It's clear that trademarks serve an identification role. We interpret > the DFSG according to its spirit, rather than trying to interpret it as > some kind of legal document, > > Anyways, it's my understanding that someone in the U.S. had > his name legally changed to this, at one point: > > http://www.extractando.com/entretenimiento/image/PrinceSymbol.jpg > > But why should that even be an issue?
The issue is that the top-level name of a project is relatively easy to change, while needing to provide a replacement for possibly dozens or hundreds of images *funtionally used* by the software is a significant barrier to modification. - Josh Triplett
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