Re: pvpgn ITP

2004-01-01 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Dec 28, 2003, at 15:09, Robert Millan wrote: - pvpgn is a fork of the (dead) bnetd project. - bnetd was sued by Blizzard on basis of the DMCA, the current legal status is undetermined - in Debian, we already have packages of bnetd, maintained by Dennis L. Clark (CCed). I'd say

Re: popular swirl...

2004-01-01 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (Remember, we've seen a version of our swirl used that would have to > have been unrolled and rolled up a different way -- this continues to > suggest to me that there's a website of swirls somewhere by one designer > available for use; and ours c

Re: Changes in formal naming for NetBSD porting effort(s)

2004-01-01 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:02:35PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > > They added that such confusion might make it hard for them to defend > > their trademark. > Have you seen the precise language? No. Have you? > > Is that a threat of litigation a

Re: popular swirl...

2004-01-01 Thread Ben Reser
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 01:13:55PM +, Scott James Remnant wrote: > Licensed for use *how*? International Copyright Law doesn't give you > the power to restrict use of a copyrighted item, only how that item may > be copied and/or distributed. > > And afaik, we don't hold a trademark on the log

Re: Re: popular swirl...

2004-01-01 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 16:41, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Ben Reser quoth: > > Ignore the trademark issue. The copyright issue should be much clearer. > > Surely SPI knows who made the logo and that person can certify that it > > is an original work? If SPI can do that they have a case of a clear >