Okay, makes sense. So we're probably perfectly okay referring to it as MonoDroid in casual conversation; it just can't be used in any official capacity. So, did Motorola license the trademark from Lucas?
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Wally McClure < theevilprogram...@hotmail.com> wrote: > The story I was told was that the name MonoDroid has the term Droid in it. > George Lucas owns the trademark to the term. Given that Motorola licensed > the term, there was precedence for Droid being used in the mobile space. To > be safe, they named it Mono for Android. > > Wally > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:07:41 -0400 > From: dsadi...@gmail.com > To: monodroid@lists.ximian.com > Subject: [mono-android] Use of MonoDroid > > What's the deal with the MonoDroid name? Why did Novell/Xamarin end up > going with "Mono for Android," when MonoDroid seems to be more in line with > the existing MonoTouch name (and is so much easier to say and write)? Was > there some sort of copyright or trademark issue? > > _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list > Monodroid@lists.ximian.com UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > > _______________________________________________ > Monodroid mailing list > Monodroid@lists.ximian.com > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > >
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