Domain Name Service (DNS) is a global database system that controls use of domain names. It does no allow duplications. In other words, the guy got there first and as such DNS can never allow any other www.unbuntu.cl. The exclusive right to use www.unbuntu.cl now belongs to him, patents or copyrights do not apply here. Its first come first serve basis. Simply pay the guy off or better still, contract some busy hands in Hackers Boys High School, Tokyo, to bring the site down, that is if it implements any SMTP or IMAP. On the other hand, call the guy to a negotiation table. Tell him the reason why he should avoid such names. Besides, ubuntu is a product that does not limit users. The right you have to use it, same belongs to him. Being in ubuntu team does not exclude the existence of ubuntu club. Anyway, if you are launching any occupation, canvass for good allied. You will surely get. Some can overwhelm the site with stupid pop-ups, heavy duty images that take hours to load, or better still, redirect the site to crime related activities that will warrant Government intervening. Meanwhile, be level headed in appraoching the issue so as to attract the support from Jono and others. Thank you and God bless.
Smart Ikhu-Omoregbe, for NIGERIAN_team. On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:12:29 -0300 "Mauricio Hernandez Z." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My replies in between lines... > > On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 09:07 +0200, Jan Husar wrote: > > Hello, > > > > first of all, there is nothing wrong on that webpage and you are > > complaining like a small child. > > even a child has the right to complain and express himself ;) > > There is something wrong. That domain is being associated with: > > a) the game (actually the LoCo people only new about this site once a > newbie visited it and send email to list inquiring about what was > ubuntu > really... a game or a linux distro) > > b) the owner of such domain explicitly promoted this game publicly and > send people to try it out at the ubuntu.cl site > > c) every time you touch the page content with your mouse, the page > reloads and re-opens 2 pop-ups, advertising his own hosting services > and > a buy-on-line site. ALL that has, again, NO relation with ubuntu. > > > second of all, regarding, patens, trademarks, copyrights and so on > > if you don't have register patent, watermark, trademark, copyright in > > that country you are pretty f*cked and there is nothing you can do. > > > > please...CoC ;) > > and... wrong again, _because_ one strong reason FLOSS has been kept > alive and kicking is actually the believe that we stand and rise voices > to promote what we think it is a better way to access knowledge and IT, > and that is not the imposing market rule and patents. > So, if we don't have the means to do something, we'll find ways to do > something. > > and.. well, I think we do have some legal 'framework' (no idea how to > say it in english) here in Chile, but I'd say that should be last > resource to be used. > > > In other hand, even when you have international trademark policy, > > which cannonical maybe have, I can still use ubuntu/ ubuntu logo, od > > addidas logo, or whatever logo when I'm not harming the product > or/and > > the company with the presentation. I can use Microsoft Windows in my > > Open Source presentations when I say this program can run under > > Microsoft Windows, it's different when you are doing anti-marketing > > and it's suable which also depends on the mentioned trademark or > other > > copyright policy. > > exactly... _not harming_ > > IMHO, 'harming' is misleading people to believe one thing when reality > is different. I would not mind at all if he uses the logo and/or the > domain, as long as the info and the person itself promoted Ubuntu info > and stuff, instead of 'nothing-to-do-with-ubuntu' info and stuff. > > And why I bring this issue to the list? Because from a market POV, we > are at a point where efforts should be made towards getting more people > to using "the result of the right choice: freedom" instead of potential > confusion among newcomers to Ubuntu. Actually, isn't it that one of the > objectives of LoCo's ? > > Regards, > > -- > Mauricio Hernandez Z. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.ubuntu-cl.org > www.edubuntu.com > > [texto escrito sin acentos o caracteres especiales para evitar > potenciales conflictos de lectura entre clientes de correos] > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
