Hi John! On 1 Nov., 21:49, John Cremona <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why not? Would you prefer being sued? > > (1) I'm old and set in my ways > (2) I like the name Sage -- I'm used to it, at least > (3) I really just meant that I hoped that we would not be forced to change, > and
This is why I ask whether the new (actually old) name "SAGE" (for the math software) would conflict with the trademark "Sage" (for the accounting software). If a lawier says that the use of SAGE (all upper case) is OK and can be registered as a trademark even when SAGE contains finance packages, then I think that it makes sense to use it. IIRC one condition of registering a trademark is that you used it -- and SAGE *was* in use. In that way, the name Sage would essentially be preserved. If such a little change would be enough to prevent legal and financial damage (and preserve our base of writing code!) then it's worth it, IMO. Cheers, Simon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
