On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Agustin Gonzalez-Quel < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I am reading the page where Telefónica offers this service and they are > clearly breaking trademarks rules. For example, in the contract that they > propose to customers, these are not allowed to copy the software (is it a > property of Telefonica to prohibit software redistribution?). Also, in the > contract Telefonica does not allow to create derivate works from the > program, etc. > Trademark issues are different from code licensing. Code licensing here depends IMHO on the contract details between their providers, mainly, which is the relation (or not) with Sun. About trademark, I don't know the details on how OOo tm is managed, so don't have criteria here. > My personal feeling is that a cease and desist letter is appropiate. > If violations are confirmed, I would suggest a constructive comunication, strongly firm but open to solve the inapropiate situation. It could be an interesting marketing (and funding?) opportunity. -- Ismael Olea http://olea.org/diario/
