On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Jason Grout <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote: > On 5/31/12 6:17 AM, Harald Schilly wrote: >> >> Also, i don't see any long term problems, because [like libre vs. open >> office has shown] it is always possible to fork and rename everything >> from "Sage" to -- say -- "Sagemath" and that's it. > > > IANAL, but my guess is that if someone forked, they'd have to name it > something more different and lose a lot of the branding image we've built
Jason, you are right. And, if somebody else tries to stop us using "sage" today, we would not be able to just change to "sagemath". That's another reason why getting a trademark registered correctly soon is important. > up. I don't think I could open a chain of fast food stores called > "McDonaldsMeals", for example. > > Jason > > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
