On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Regina Henschel <rb.hensc...@t-online.de>wrote:
> But I'm concerned about the way the product is shown. For example in > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Office-Word-Excel- > Compatible-Open-Office-Professional-Edition-2013/281137965681 > Either it is not our OpenOffice, then it may not named so, or it is our > OpenOffice, then "Apache" and trade mark is missing. > > Or this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Open-Office-Microsoft-Word-Excel- > 2007-2010-Compatible-Pro-Professional-Software/150935048983 > From content is is likely an OpenOffice.org 3.4.1, but the box says "MT > Software Solutions OpenOffice Suite". It gives the impression, that the > application is developed by MT Software Solution. > > I seem to recall from the handoff from Oracle that "OpenOffice" isn't an Apache trademark...that we have "Apache OpenOffice" now, and that "OpenOffice.org" came with the license, but we didn't receive "OpenOffice" because it was being used in too many different countries by too many different people. So as long as they're not actually using Apache trademarks (including the gulls, the feather, etc.) I suppose they can call it whatever they want, even if it's just a "hello world" VBscript inside. Don <- not a lawyer
